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    Bill Gates: 'It Doesn't Seem' That Breaking Up Tech Companies Would Solve Privacy Issues

    Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates about the size and scope of tech companies in the U.S., philanthropy and proposed Trump administration cuts to foreign aid.
    Jun 14, 2019 3 minutes
    Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, says he isn't sure breaking up big tech companies like Facebook and Google would address issues like privacy. "I'm not aware people are saying that [tech companies have] broken laws in such a way that the remedy would be to do that," he tells Here & Now. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

    Facebook, Google and other tech companies are under increased scrutiny amid controversy around privacy, foreign political interference and their sheer size and influence. 2020 presidential candidates like Sen. Elizabeth Warren call them modern-day monopolies — and say they should be broken up.

    But Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, says he isn’t sure that would offer a solution.

    “Generally, you’ve got laws in the country and you ask companies to adhere to those laws,” Gates () tells . “I’m not aware people are saying that [tech companies

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