House may curb power of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple

House may curb power of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/06/23/panel-pushes-ahead-legislation-targeting-big-techs-power/

By MARCY GORDON | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A House panel pushed ahead Wednesday with ambitious legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business. Conservative Republican lawmakers haggled over legislative language and pushed concerns of perceived anti-conservative bias in online platforms but couldn’t halt the bipartisan momentum behind the package.