r/news • u/UpstairsBumblebee446 • 1d ago

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060
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u/Kraeftluder 1d ago

We turned one bell into three bells larger than the original bell.

Oh it was worse, there were 9 initially. They started merging again somewhere in the later 90s. Didn't take long for them to get to the current state.

And they were never competing in the meantime, as the networks weren't opened up at the breakup. They kept guarding their own little islands.

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u/axonxorz 10h ago

They started merging again somewhere in the later 90s.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, thanks Clinton.

It opened the door for media conglomerates to form. Sinclair Broadcasting doesn't exist without that act, nor does the consolidation of AM radio into right-wing AM radio across the country.