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Proposal:Bust Up Big Tech Act

This proposal is archived and closed to further debate. It was introduced in the 117th Congress, which has concluded, and the bill was not enacted into law.
Geographic Scope
National

Description

Bust Up Big Tech Act

This bill prohibits large online platforms in the business of offering search engines, marketplaces, or exchanges from selling, advertising, or otherwise promoting their own goods and services on their websites. The bill also prohibits such online platforms from providing online hosting services or back-end online services to any other entity that is not owned by the platform. Such platforms are those with more than $1.5 billion in global revenue during the most recent tax year and over 30 million U.S. users or 300 million worldwide users

Bill Title

Bust Up Big Tech Act

Linked Goals

Steps

  • 2021-04-19: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • 2021-04-19: Introduced in Senate

Projected Outcome

A more informed proposal or public response aligned with the Promote General Welfare goal.