Regulators Are Figuring Out How to Make Google and Facebook Sweat

Fines go only so far, but something bigger is taking shape

Matthew Zeitlin
OneZero
Published in
5 min readFeb 5, 2019

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The Wild West era may be drawing to a close for tech corporations like Facebook and Google. New scrutiny from regulators abroad — and some closer to home — is resulting in fines that portend more substantial changes on the horizon. Soon, your data may rest…

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Matthew Zeitlin
OneZero

I’m a journalist covering business, finance and economics, and public policy. More clips: https://www.matthewzeitlin.com/