{"id":561495,"date":"2021-06-11T20:07:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T00:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=561495"},"modified":"2021-06-11T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T00:07:20","slug":"lawmakers-propose-5-big-tech-antitrust-bills-seek-to-breakup-monopolies-increase-online-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-propose-5-big-tech-antitrust-bills-seek-to-breakup-monopolies-increase-online-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers propose 5 Big Tech antitrust bills, seek to breakup monopolies, increase online competition"},"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\">28<\/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%2Flawmakers-propose-5-big-tech-antitrust-bills-seek-to-breakup-monopolies-increase-online-competition%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=561495&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--><div id=\"attachment_2421805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2421805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone and a laptop screen. (JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:06 PM PT \u2013 Friday, June 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>House lawmakers have introduced five antitrust bills aimed at reducing the power of Big Tech giants like Amazon and Google. On Friday, reports detailed the bills which lawmakers said have seen some bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, unregulated tech monopolies have too much power over our economy,\u201d said House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee chairman David Cicilline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have introduced five bills today to strengthen our laws to hold tech monopolies accountable, and build <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AStrongerOnlineEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AStrongerOnlineEconomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidcicilline\/status\/1403423826864660488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One bill targets companies\u2019 ability to leverage their platforms to favor their own products over competitors. While a second makes it unlawful for a platform owner to control a line of business when that control presents a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Additional bills make it more difficult to eliminate competition through mergers and promotes online competition. This comes as executives from Amazon and Google are slated to testify before Senate members next week.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/telegraph-mescal-fires-burn-100k-acres-in-ariz\/\">Telegraph, Mescal Fires Burn 100K Acres In Ariz.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone and a laptop screen. 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