The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a voice vote for the nomination of prominent Google and Big Tech critic Jonathan Kanter to lead the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust division. Kanter, who is President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the division, has been a longtime critic of Alphabet’s Google, and as a lawyer in private practice, has spent years representing…
Senate Panel Approves Longtime Big Tech Critic to Head Justice Department’s Antitrust Division
Senators Introduce Bill Aimed at Controlling Big Tech and Restoring Competition
October 19, 2021
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A dozen Republican and Democratic senators on Oct. 18 introduced a bill aimed at stopping Big Tech from limiting consumer choice and restoring competition online. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in introducing the bill, known as the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. It is cosponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),…
Group of 30 US State Attorneys General Urge Lawmakers to Tighten Antitrust Laws
A bipartisan group of 30 U.S. state attorneys general have come together to urge lawmakers to pass a number of bills that tighten antitrust laws aimed at Big Tech companies. In a letter sent to leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives (pdf), the group urged them to continue making improvements to the antitrust laws via a range…
House Republicans Outline Their Antitrust Agenda for Tech Giants
July 8, 2021
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Lead Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and his fellow GOP Representatives on Wednesday laid out their framework for reining in Big Tech companies’ control over the public discourse. The document outlined steps to rein in Big Tech and end their practices that have resulted in the infringement on the free speech of Americans. The…
Big Tech Only Has Itself to Blame for Rethinking of Antitrust
June 18, 2021
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Commentary There are few, if any, political issues that now generate the breadth and intensity of bipartisan backlash as does the rise of Big Tech. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the major parties largely diverged on their specific grievances against the woke Silicon Valley monopolists who serve as gatekeepers for America’s 21st-century public square. Republicans, by…
GOP Trustbusters Are Embracing Progressives’ Agenda
April 21, 2021
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Commentary It’s not too often that Republicans embrace the agenda of leftist Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. But it’s happening. Sen. Josh Hawley, the young Republican senator from Missouri, has introduced a bill in Congress entitled: “Trustbusting for the Twenty-First Century Act.” It may be the most dangerous bill to our economy from a…
Conservative Heritage Foundation Turns Down Six-Figure Donations From Google, Facebook
Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has declined donations from Google and Facebook because of the companies’ censoring of persons and groups with conservative points of view. Outgoing foundation president Kay C. James sent letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai explaining that the Heritage Foundation could “not in good conscience accept money” from companies…
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