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Noah Smith: Big Tech needs strict privacy rules, not a breakup

Applying the traditional antitrust framework to Big Tech is difficult, because of the particulars of the tech business.

This March 19, 2018, photo shows the Google app on an iPad in Baltimore. On Tuesday, March 27, a federal appeals court overturned a decision in a long-running legal battle over whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java programming language to build its hugely popular mobile operating system, Android. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A new idea has come into vogue: breaking up Big Tech. The list of people calling for antitrust action against Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple and other big tech companies is growing.