The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 20 voted 16-6 to move forward with a bill that defies the powerful lobbyists of Silicon Valley, including pleas from top executives like Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. If passed, the proposed bill would bar tech giants like Amazon.com from giving preferential treatment to their products. The approval of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act passed with support from both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, with the bill being sent to the Senate floor to face a vote. This is an amended version of a bill cosponsored by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Chuck Grassley, a Republican, which expanded the bill to include popular apps like TikTok and specified that app companies were not to share data with firms that the U.S. government considers to be national security risks. “As dominant digital platforms—some of the biggest companies our world has ever …