On 11 October 2019, Japan started the process of discussing new
legislation to be bought in to tighten controls on domestic and
global giants in information technology, and protecting the privacy
of consumers with concern that certain businesses misuse their
market share to secure growth.
Over the years with the boom of technology and social media,
global technology firms such as Google LLC, Apple Inc., Facebook
Inc., and Amazon.com Inc., are accused of abusing their massive
market share in order to prevent fair competition and abuse of
personal data.
The U.S and European authorities have already worked towards
improving controls on such businesses, but it remains a challenge
how to maintain the independence of business activities that are
essential to technological innovation.
