Father of the Web says tech giants may have to be split up

Father of the Web says tech giants may have to be split up

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/01/father-of-the-web-says-tech-giants-may-have-to-be-split-up.html

Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up, unless challengers or changes in taste reduce their clout, the inventor of the World Wide Web told Reuters.

The digital revolution has spawned a handful of U.S.-based technology companies since the 1990s that now have a combined financial and cultural power greater than most sovereign states.