If 2021 had a battle cry for U.S. lawmakers facing off with the world’s biggest tech companies, it would be this: “Legislation is coming.”
This year, lawmakers went beyond just grilling companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft, collectively known as Big Tech.
They tabled new legislation. New bills now before the U.S. Congress include measures aimed at addressing a broad range of concerns — from anti-competitive behaviour to the mental health impact of using social media and the spread of disinformation on online platforms.
“I think Big Tech today represents the biggest accumulation of power, market power and monopoly power that
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