Big Tech to face another bipartisan U.S. antitrust bill
The Hindu
The latest bill is one of a slew introduced in this Congress aimed at reining in tech firms, including industry leaders Facebook and Apple.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet's Google, from favouring their products and services.
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Amazon, for example, has been accused of using data from third-party sellers to determine what products it would create.
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