Big Tech’s Antitrust Argument: We Need to Be Big to Beat China

No Easy Fix to Facebook and Google Antitrust Issues, Elevation's McNamee Says
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Google and Facebook Inc. have a new argument against calls to break up the technology giants: We need to be big to beat China.

Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai made the pitch in a recent CNN interview. "When we look at it globally, our tech companies are going to contribute to our economic growth in an important way. And we compete against other countries, other companies," he said.