Despite this week’s press conference, the revisions to the House and Senate antitrust bills do nothing to address the wide range of concerns raised by a variety of stakeholders, including Senators and Representatives, America’s leading tech innovators, and experts from national security, industry, and civil society. Here are some of the key concerns: 1. The […]
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent endorsement of the anti-tech American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and its House companion ignores the bills’ real-world harms. This letter focused on protecting competitors rather than consumers, while suggesting antitrust should be used as a vehicle to promote a particular ideology, contradicting the White House’s stated competition […]
A new study by NERA Economics, commissioned by CCIA, finds that proposed antitrust bills in the House and Senate would cost the U.S. economy a total of up to $319 billion over time. This is the first economic study to offer policymakers quantified costs on the package of proposed legislation that would fundamentally reshape antitrust […]
Anti-tech legislation, like Sen. Klobuchar’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), would harm American small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by destroying many of the free and affordable digital tools and services these businesses rely on to grow, compete and succeed. Small business owners and groups from across the country have raised numerous concerns about […]
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA)’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act prohibits Google from showing a range of helpful search results but allows Google’s competitors to show the same information. The bill bans Google search results from showing: 1. Google Flights but allows Expedia to show its flight results 2. Google Business […]
Bipartisan and bicameral Members of Congress agree that they are not ready to vote on anti-tech bills, which were rushed out of the Judiciary committees of both chambers without full-committee legislative hearings. Here’s what 13 senators and more than 20 representatives had to say: Thirteen members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said they would not […]
As eyes turn to this week’s State of the Union address, it’s important to remember arbitrarily punishing the success of a select few companies could have negative consequences for inflation, national competitiveness, and the products consumers enjoy. Here’s what you need to know: — Anti-tech measures are not the solution to inflation concerns and could […]
Federal judges, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, and experts are speaking out against the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act, which would block federal judges from centralizing antitrust litigation brought by State Attorneys General through the well-established Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) process, a special legal process the federal government created to handle large and complicated cases involving […]
The Open App Markets Act would jeopardize the benefits that today’s mobile app ecosystem brings to consumers and app developers. As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers the bill, it’s critical to understand that: — The bill carves out gaming consoles, like Microsoft’s Xbox, allowing the government to pick winners and losers and ignoring the reality […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act would prevent only a few American companies from common business practices that other companies like Walmart and Target continue to engage in. During the bill’s markup last week, several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee warned about the bill’s unfair and illogical treatment of a few […]
Hostility to innovation and technology diminishes the incredible Internet-enabled opportunities that leading tech services provide: empowering consumers, driving prices down and increasing choice, and providing platforms to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. It has given us a golden era of entertainment, knowledge, and everything from fashion startups, to booming mom and pop stores, to the latest app.
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