https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/01/editorial-tech/

For the past decade Big Tech leaders have failed to address issues of mounting public concern about the industry: monopolistic practices, privacy invasion, disinformation and misinformation, and election interference.

Their lack of action has created a political vacuum that Congress is now rushing to fill. Tech leaders, in turn, are suddenly aghast at the package of bills passed by the House Judiciary Committee last week designed to substantially constrain the industry’s most profitable companies, including Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.