Hawley To Intro Bill To “Bust Up” Major Tech Companies

April 19, 2021 Business, Republicans

Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday will introduce a bill to “bust up” Big Tech, which will target massive companies like Google and Amazon, including by banning them from simultaneously running an online marketplace and selling goods on that marketplace.

The bill, titled the Bust Up Big Tech Act, follows a bill Hawley introduced last week that would ban mergers of companies worth more than $100 billion, which was targeted more broadly than just at the tech industry.

Hawley’s new, more focused bill would also ban companies that own online marketplaces or search engines from owning online hosting services, Hawley’s office told Fox News.

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