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'Big Tech' isn't one big monopoly – it's 5 companies all in different businesses

  • Written by Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, University of Michigan
It may seem convenient to think of technology companies as similar, but they're really not.The Conversation, CC BY-NC

Public concern about Facebook’s power in society – and in politics – has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations that users’ data was analyzed by a U.K.-based marketing firm and used to construct highly...

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