TECH

Macron says Facebook and Google may have to be dismantled
Emmanuel Macron believes that the United States will face, in the near future, important decisions regarding technology such as Facebook and Google. In an interview with the magazine Wired, the French president spoke about the bet in Artificial Intelligence but also on the risks that follow.In Macron's opinion, companies like Google and Facebook are very welcome in France because of the jobs they create and because they are already "part of our ecosystem", but leaves a warning."There is a classic risk in a monopoly situation: they are giant competitors. At some point - but I think it will be a US problem, not a European problem - at some point the government, the people, can say 'wake up, they're too big'. Not only too big to fail, too big to be ruled. Something that is completely new, "he explained."At this point, dismantling may be considered. This is what happened in the early days of the oil industry, when the giants appeared. There is a competition issue, "he added.It should be remembered that technology - in the wake of a controversy surrounding Facebook - is now at the heart of a major discussion about the privacy management of its users, as well as the limits of its services.



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