Vestager Calls Tech Firms Robot Vacuum Cleaners Sucking Up Data

  • EU competition commissioner continues critique of tech firms
  • EU has fined Google billions, probing Facebook, Amazon
Margrethe Vestager on Aug. 27.Photographer: Kay Nietfeld/DPA/Getty Images
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Technology firms are “robot vacuum cleaners” sucking up valuable data in a way that can undermine competition, European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a speech Tuesday.