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Google needs to be broken up for being 'too big,' 'too powerful,' Senator Vance says

( October 26, 2024, 01:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Senator JD Vance, who is a vice presidential candidate for the 2024 elections, said Google needs to be broken up as it's become too big and monopolistic. In an interview on episode 414 of The Tim Dillon Show podcast, Vance, who is Donald Trump's running mate, was asked about how to prevent censorship by Big Tech companies. "I think you have to break these companies up. I think they're too big. They've become monopolists. They've become too powerful and, frankly, they became too powerful thanks to government privileges." Vance, a Republican Senator from Ohio, said, that "if Google is so big, it's extremely hard to be able to like, ensure that Google doesn't engage in censorship. I just think these companies have to be separated."Excerpt from interview follows...

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