{"id":572839,"date":"2021-06-24T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T17:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=572839"},"modified":"2021-06-24T13:21:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T17:21:44","slug":"antitrust-efforts-to-break-up-big-tech-pass-first-hurdle-house-committee-approves-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antitrust-efforts-to-break-up-big-tech-pass-first-hurdle-house-committee-approves-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Antitrust Efforts To Break Up Big Tech Pass First Hurdle, House Committee Approves Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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\" 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       <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-72419686-1-e1624551518939.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>The effort by a number of House Members to introduce legislation to break up Big Tech giants Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook has reportedly passed an initial hurdle, with a House committee approving the legislative move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This legislative effort by House members involves five distinct bills:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/American%20Innovation%20and%20Choice%20Online%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/American%20Innovation%20and%20Choice%20Online%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22American%20Innovation%20and%20Choice%20Online%20Act%22%7D\"><span>The American Choice And Innovation Online Act<\/span><\/a><span>: This bill would look to prevent so-called \u201cdiscriminatory conduct\u201d by Big Tech corporations, achieved by stopping them from giving preferential treatment to their products and services over various rivals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/Platform%20Competition%20and%20Opportunity%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/Platform%20Competition%20and%20Opportunity%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Platform%20Competition%20and%20Opportunity%20Act%22%7D\"><span>The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act<\/span><\/a><span>: This bill would look to prevent Big Tech corporations from buying companies that present or enable competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/Ending%20Platform%20Monopolies%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/Ending%20Platform%20Monopolies%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Ending%20Platform%20Monopolies%20Act%22%7D\"><span>The Ending Platform Monopolies Act<\/span><\/a><span>: This bill would look to prevent Big Tech corporations from leveraging their power and influence across multiple business channels in pursuit of profitable advantages, with certain companies of a significant size prohibited from engaging in another line of business which could present a conflict of interest, such as making decisions which favor the wider business or inhibit the success of a competitor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/ACCESS%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/ACCESS%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Augmenting%20Compatibility%20and%20Competition%20by%20Enabling%20Service%20Switching%20(ACCESS)%20Act%22%7D\"><span>The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act<\/span><\/a><span>: Also known as the Access Act, this bill would look to enable the transfer of personal information from one platform to another, with the goal of promoting competition by reducing the costs of switching platforms for both consumers and businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/Merger%20Filing%20Fee%20Modernization%20Act%20of%202021%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/sites\/cicilline.house.gov\/files\/documents\/Merger%20Filing%20Fee%20Modernization%20Act%20of%202021%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Merger%20Filing%20Fee%20Modernization%20Act%22%7D\"><span>The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act<\/span><\/a><span>: This bill would look to raise filing fees for mergers, which would be used to provide funding for further antitrust actions via both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-facebook-pressure-falls-short-as-major-antitrust-measures-advance-in-house-committee-11624505607?mod=hp_lead_pos3\"><span>The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a><span>, the American Choice and Innovation Online Act \u201cwas approved early Thursday by a vote of 24 to 20.\u201d The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching, or Access, Act passed 25-19 late Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTwo other less-controversial bills also were adopted, one raising federal fees on corporate merger reviews and another aiding state attorneys general in procedural battles in antitrust court cases,\u201d the Wall Street Journal reported. \u201cThe panel will consider a final bill in the package when it reconvenes Thursday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe president is encouraged by the bipartisan work to address problems created by big tech platforms,\u201d a White House official said. \u201cWe hope the legislative process continues to move forward on these bipartisan proposals, and we look forward to working with Congress to continue developing these ideas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Adam Kovacevich \u2014 the CEO of the Chamber of Progress, a group sponsored by multiple Big Tech companies including Amazon, Facebook, and Google \u2014 argued that \u201cDemocrats should focus on making people\u2019s lives better, not messing with stuff people already like\u201d in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/chamber-of-progress\/new-house-bills-would-ban-these-15-tech-conveniences-that-consumers-love-f55289701ae8\"><span>blog post<\/span><\/a><span> in early June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGiving antitrust enforcers more funding and encouraging data portability are relatively uncontroversial ideas, but banning conveniences like Amazon Basics brand batteries, Apple\u2019s Find my Phone tool, or Google Maps appearing in Google search results are ideas that would spark a consumer backlash,\u201d wrote Kovacevich. \u201cInstead of focusing on helping families, these proposals inexplicably target a bunch of technological conveniences that most people really like. Let\u2019s hope Democrats stay focused on the right things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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