1980s AT&T Antitrust Fight May Give Lawmakers Map To Rein In Big Tech: Bloomberg

1980s AT&T Antitrust Fight May Give Lawmakers Map To Rein In Big Tech: Bloomberg

By Jon Reid (Bloomberg)

To curb the power of Big Tech, lawmakers are eyeing a world where Facebook users could communicate seamlessly with users of rival platforms like Twitter—similar to the way phone networks function today.

That concept, known as interoperability, was employed by Congress after the breakup of the AT&T telephone monopoly in the 1980s, allowing customers of competing phone companies to call each other without restrictions.

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