{"id":119006,"date":"2021-02-05T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119006"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:30:57","slug":"sen-amy-klobuchar-introduces-big-tech-antitrust-bill-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-amy-klobuchar-introduces-big-tech-antitrust-bill-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Amy Klobuchar Introduces Big Tech Antitrust Bill Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-amy-klobuchar-introduces-big-tech-antitrust-bill-proposal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced on Thursday that she is introducing a new bill to enhance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-antitrust\">antitrust<\/a> laws, targeting dominant companies that have been accused of abusing their monopoly power.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the main points of the bill would be more rigorous standards for big companies looking to merge with others, increasing the budget for the Department of Justice\u2019s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission by $300 million and allowing it to seek civil penalties for monopoly law violations, as well as enhancing whistleblower incentives in relation to possible civil violations.<\/p>\n<p>Klobuchar told CNN, \u201cYou have a situation where, throughout history, new companies, small start-ups have changed the country, have made our country so strong, and right now, especially in the tech area, you have companies like Google that have 90 percent control over search engines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m proposing is, make sure these agencies are able to take on trillion-dollar companies like Facebook and Google. They can\u2019t do it with band-aids and duct tape. And then, make changes to the law. We\u2019ve always done that over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klobuchar also said that she thinks her bill will provide the checks and balances needed in the system. The laws would have to be adapted to be \u201cas sophisticated\u201d as the big tech companies, giving room for new start-ups to compete with the giants, she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear: we have a monopoly problem. But we can\u2019t take on the biggest companies in the world with just Band-Aids and duct tape. We need legislation that will increase enforcement resources &amp; tighten our antitrust laws\u2014so I\u2019m introducing a new bill that will do just that,\u201d she wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Klobuchar, Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) proposed reforms to Section 230, in order to\u00a0\u201callow social media companies to be held accountable for enabling cyber-stalking, targeted harassment, and discrimination on their platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klobuchar\u2019s efforts come as the Texas AG Ken Paxton leads a multi-state antitrust lawsuit against Google\u2019s\u00a0\u201cexclusionary business practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\">\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/antitrust-case-against-google-is-strong-experts_3547547.html\">Antitrust Case Against Google Is Strong, Experts Say<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paxton announced on Oct. 20 that Texas, along with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the States of Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, and South Carolina were involved in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3662177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Google-and-Facebook-1-600x245-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google on a smartphone in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 9, 2020 (The Epoch Times)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle\u2019s illegal conduct has allowed it to dominate the search industry by requiring exclusivity from business partners and avoiding competition on the merits\u00a0while shielding itself from competitors who might threaten its market share,\u201d the AG\u2019s office\u00a0said\u00a0in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The judge overseeing the DOJ case has put forward an initial trial date for Sept. 12, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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