EU's Tusk warns of risks in rise of U.S. tech giants
The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S., May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri WARSAW (Reuters) - The world needs to be wary of the rise of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, comparing their powers to those of countries such as China, European Council President Donald Tusk said in Warsaw on Friday. In the East, we see the rise of those capable of controlling everyones behavior, and in the West weve seen the rise of an uncontrolled, spontaneous empire, Tusk said in Warsaw in reference to the companies during a speech marking Constitution Day. Our children are dependent on the internet and everyday will become more dependent on it, he added. The European Union has been in the forefront of efforts to tighten control on how social media companies handle the personal data of consumers, with rules introduced last May giving regulators the power to impose fines of up to 4 percent of global revenue for violations. Reporting by Alicja Ptak, Writing by Joanna Plucinska; Editing by Keith Weir Our Standards: <http://thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html> The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. EM -> { Trump for 2020 } On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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