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October 16, 2023, Opinion: "In 1991, the introduction of the World Wide Web transformed the internet from a network of interconnected computers to an information system utilizing that network. In the intervening three decades, a handful of digital platform companies built upon that foundation to dominate internet services and soar to the top of the list of the world’s most valuable companies. Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon are the four most valuable American companies and four of the top five most valuable companies in the world (Meta Platforms, the renamed Facebook, is number 10)." Read Via Brookings