The Gist

Who Can Check Big Tech?

­­­Can the companies who build our smartphones and run our social networks be regulated? Or will they have to regulate themselves?

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A smartphone being operated in front of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon logos in Hédé-Bazouges, western France on Sept. 28, 2017.

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