Large tech companies such as Google and Facebook will have to abide by new competition rules in the UK or risk facing huge fines, the government said. Besides boosting competition among tech firms, the rules also aim to give users more control over their data. This move is in response to friction between Meta, Google and news publishers. The argument is that while many local and national news organisations struggle to survive, Big Tech companies are posting record profits – and raising advertising revenue from the stories they produce. Do you think that overdominance of big tech companies has killed startups globally ?

