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-NetworkIdeas.org
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Among the many objectives that possibly motivate the government’s interventions in the e-commerce space there are at least three that visibly matter here. The first is to preempt the possible abuse of market power to swindle customers financially or otherwise. The second, is to prevent use of such market power to crush the competition, consisting of a multitude of small and medium vendors and retailers. And the third is to exert control on how the large volume of data on suppliers and customers that e-commerce entities gather is used.
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