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Business Weekly: Should big tech hit the reboot button?

Should big tech hit the reboot button?

10/10/2020 GMT

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Are big technology companies monopolistic and anti-competitive?

US report says big tech firms akin to oil barons and railroad tycoons.

Are big technology companies the modern version of monopolistic oil barons or simply innovative companies that provide a service to enthusiastic consumers? That's the question we'll be looking at on this edition of Business Weekly as Democratic lawmakers in the US release a report detailing uncompetitive behaviour. We also look at the allegations made by a former Facebook employee who says she feels she has blood on her hands because the company failed to adequately act on political misinformation and propaganda she reported on the site.
We head to Venice where we hear from workers in the tourism sector who are desperate for cruise ships to return; meanwhile environmental campaigners want them to stay away. We get to hear how human beings need to adapt to working in extreme heat and why musicians want the British government to support them during the pandemic.
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