We’re fine without Facebook, German and French ministers say
It makes sense that European governments would love to see Facebook
(and other US giants) exit. Splitting up big-tech is not a good answer
to dominance or monopoly, as it adds more heads to the hydra. The
answer is pour funding into EU startups, future alternatives that will
usurp US giants.  But that cannot happen while Google etc are present,
as it will be seen as wasted investment. Catch-22. Solution: goad
Zuckerberg et al into narcissistic grandstanding, and hope they get
cornered by their own words enough to follow though. Google and
Facebook already did this dance with Australia, and came off the
worse. As a European I would personally be delighted to see the demise
of Facebook, Microsoft and other US behemoths over here, as it would
surely be a boost to our tech economy.