In 2019 the European Union and U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren issued proposals that would regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon. Senator Warren proposed that the U.S. government should designate tech companies who have global revenue of over $25 billion as “platform utilities" and break them up into smaller companies. Senator Warren argues that the companies have “bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else.” Lawmakers in the European Union proposed a set of rules which incl…
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Response rates from 537 Libertarian voters.
12% Yes |
88% No |
12% Yes |
88% No |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 537 Libertarian voters.
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Unique answers from Libertarian voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9FMBMP61yr1Y
No, it borders on authoritarianism.
@9DSH8DX1yr1Y
The government need to stay out of big tech companies & let the people use them as they wish & the government stop using them as a control tool & network.
@9DSH4Z21yr1Y
The government should look into the impact of social media and the effect of what these businesses do to the national population and their businesses and create ways to minimise negative outcomes whilst increasing positive ones
@9D9JVVR1yr1Y
They should be taxed appropriately.
@9TGL5W93mos3MO
No, but they should remove the trackers, cookies, spyware etc, they could also encourage other social media websites or browsers such as Brave or DuckDuckGo.
@9G3GJNH1yr1Y
This is a stupid question. The New Zealand Government is absolutely powerless against these immoral monstrosities.
@9G49SBX1yr1Y
No. The government should be studying up on the current stats and information before peddling their own misinformation. You can't break up these huge companies when they themselves are the same.
@9G3FP661yr1Y
more monitoring is urgent to ensure safe use of these platforms ages of users should be governed more strictly- only be accessible by individuals 16 years and older