SCO103: Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote: “Today’s big tech Companies have too much power over our Economy: New Empires: The Reach and Frontiers of the Tech Sector Report, SUSS, Singapore

Assignment Brief:

In 2019, Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote: “Today’s big tech companies have too much power — too much power over our economy, our society, and our democracy. They’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else. And in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation.” (Warren, 2019)* *Walden. E. (2019, Mar 8). Here’s how we can break up 13ig Tech. Medium. Retrieved Nov 23, 2020.

In response to Warren. you are tasked to develop an argument in the form of a newspaper opinion editorial (op-ed). You will select a Rig Tech company from the following list: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, %Wu, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Huawei, or Tencent (this list contains American and Chinese tech companies and gives the opportunity to determine the impact of global context and trends on the tech giant’s vision, objectives and operating climate).

You will research the company and its business practices and activities, and explain how it is not a traditional monopoly and hence why it should not be broken up in the op-ed. A good op-ed is one that accurately evaluates data relationships, patterns, and trends using a structured process and analysis of multiple sources of available information, to arrive at informed conclusions that arc persuasive or at least thought-provoking, i.e. able to tailor communication approach to meet the diverse needs of a broad audience. An example can be found here: