Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced an antitrust bill that would ban Amazon and Google from running an online marketplace and selling goods on that marketplace at the same time. “Big Tech companies like Google and Amazon have been coddled by Washington politicians for years. This treatment has allowed them to amass colossal amounts of power that they use to censor political opinions that they don’t agree with and shut out competitors who offer consumers an alternative to the status quo,” Hawley said in a statement to news outlets. “It’s past time to bust up Big Tech companies, restore competition, and give power back the American consumers.” The so-called “Bust up Big Tech Act” bars firms like Amazon from selling Amazon-branded products on Amazon’s market, where competitors also do business. In a tweet, Hawley said the practice allows Amazon to destroy its competitors. “No one company should be able to control e-commerce …
Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces Antitrust Bill to ‘Bust Up’ Big Tech Like Google and Amazon
April 19, 2021
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