# Regulating Big Tech makes them stronger, so they need competition instead - Open Voices

<https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/06/06/regulating-big-tech-makes-them-stronger-so-they-need-competition-instead>

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## What Jamie wrote

[Cory Doctorow](https://craphound.com) writing in The Economist about the unintended consequences of additional regulation of tech giants. Keep this in mind when you hear companies like Facebook start to say that they think privacy regulation is a good idea. There is a potential they see that as a great way to lock in their monopoly status for the long haul.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT110: Weekly Thing #110 / Jun 15, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/110/), Notable Links 📌

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