The Guardian view on big tech: a new era needs new rules | Editorial

Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are too big and too powerful. Regulation has to catch up with the changing character of the digital economyOne beneficiary of the scandal surrounding a massive data leak from Facebook has been its fellow technology giant Amazon. Tens of billions of dollars were wiped from Facebook’s value in just a few days. Other tech companies, including Google, also suffered.But Amazon was spared. Earlier this week the online retailer overtook Alphabet, the parent comp