The Vote for the Motion, 39 %, but 52 % Against.

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More than a third of you wered. The break up of the giants against was 24%. Now only two % are undecided. Most of you have made up your mind, which is great. That means the debate has worked. But i have to tell you that, compared to 39 % for the motion, it's now forty six percent for the motion,. but 52% against. So even allowing for undecided, a significant move from that side to this side. I declare motion defeated by 52 %, forty six per cent. Ar, thanks to all four speakers the audience here at the emanual centre here in london, in what was a fascinating debate. My thanks as well, ton

With so much data and power centralised in the hands of a few West Coast companies, the tech giants have become a serious threat to our basic freedoms and must be broken up. That’s the argument that was made at this major Intelligence Squared debate by the FT’s global business columnist Rana Foroohar and by businessman and former chairman of Channel 4 Luke Johnson. But others would argue that it’s all too easy to make the tech giants a scapegoat for the inevitable upheavals caused by the digital revolution. The real winners of this revolution are not the tech companies but us, the users. Who could now imagine living without the services of Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft? That’s the case that was made in our debate by former head of Facebook’s European politics and government division Elizabeth Linder and competition law expert Pinar Akman. Who's right and who's wrong?

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