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Scenarios about 'technology regulation'

The governmental oversight and control of technological development, implementation, and usage through laws, policies, and standards. Technology regulation addresses safety concerns, ethical implications, privacy issues, and economic impacts of innovations ranging from industrial machinery to artificial intelligence. These frameworks reflect societal values and power dynamics while shaping how technologies evolve and integrate into daily life.

What If Google Was Never Allowed to Dominate Search?

Exploring the alternate timeline where regulatory intervention in the early 2000s prevented Google from achieving its search engine monopoly, dramatically reshaping the development of the internet, digital advertising, and global tech power structures.