To the Editor:“Big Tech’s Hand Grows Stronger in Privacy Push” (front page, April 24) suggests that new privacy rules “may instead serve to strengthen Facebook’s and Google’s hegemony.”It’s difficult to imagine a more complete hegemony. Google and Facebook control eight of the top 10 internet services — search, email, online video, web browser software, advertising networks, social networks and more. And their power came about through the unregulated collection and use of personal data. Privacy laws restore user control over their personal data. Privacy laws also establish accountability for companies that have become ever more secretive even as they demand more of our personal information.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2018 19:52 UTC