Democratic presidential candidates are scrambling to respond to growing calls to break up big tech companies like Facebook — a sign of the shifting headwinds for Silicon Valley in a party that once eagerly embraced the internet industry.
In the latest sign of the new dynamics, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) ratcheted up her anti-tech rhetoric in an interview Sunday with CNN. When asked whether Facebook should be broken up, she said, “We have to seriously take a look at that.”
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Source: New litmus test for White House hopefuls: Breaking up Facebook – POLITICO