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Antitrust by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0   Pix4free About a decade back, Technology was celebrated as a tool of democratic progress . A few years later, foreign adversaries weaponized the internet, social media turned into an echo chamber & disinformation was everywhere. Calls for Tech Regulation started rising. Now, the EU plans to crack down on Tech with massive fines for violations. In Congress, there’s rare Bipartisan support to move against Big Tech. Two Sides to Regulation Some regulations will help developers & small businesses, but will also make consumer lives more complicated. Here’s an example — an important provision, called the “self-preferencing rule” is aimed at preventing Tech Giants from “preferencing” their own related products over those of competitors. The rule forbids large platforms like Google from giving higher visibility to their own shopping service over competing shopping services. It also prevents them from installing their own products (like the chr