Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy edhusic says Facebook has been one of the ‘worst culprits’ in terms of breaches of people's data and privacy.
FULL INTERVIEW: Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy Ed Husic says it’s ‘not surprising’ that people are looking to break up big tech firms such as Facebook and Google, as debate resurfaces over the technology sector oligopoly. Mr Husic says Facebook has been one of the ‘worst culprits’ in terms of breaches of people's data and privacy.
Questions over the issue were recently reignited after US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announced plans to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook to promote competition. Mr Husic likened the move to the fragmentation that happened with large banks, divided into commercial and investment firms. The Shadow Minister says regulators will need to be given ‘powers to act’ if firms are found not to be acting in the ‘publics' best interest’.
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