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> to control and/or regulate the tech giants

What is it exactly that qualifies Facebook to be a tech company? A database? A website? They display advertising.



Perhaps it is the fact that they are one of the largest employers of software engineers in the world.


That’s it? Expedia employs over 15000 software engineers, far more than anything else, and they aren’t a software company. Samsung has more software engineers than most tech companies have total employees and they aren’t a software company.


They move information around using software datacenters and the internet.




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