WASHINGTON—A Senate panel approved antitrust legislation forbidding the largest tech platforms from favoring their own products and services over co

Senate Panel Approves Antitrust Bill Restricting Big Tech Platforms

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2022-01-20 19:00:06

WASHINGTON—A Senate panel approved antitrust legislation forbidding the largest tech platforms from favoring their own products and services over competing ones, in an incremental victory for backers of stricter Big Tech regulation.

The American Innovation and Choice Online Act now moves to the Senate floor, where several Senators said they wanted to see additional changes before voting in favor of the measure. Thursday’s vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, 16-6, showed the bill had bipartisan support, but also raised bipartisan concerns.

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