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S 1204 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Bust Up Big Tech Act

Summary
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
Issues: ✗ TechnologyOpposes TechnologyRestricts large tech platforms from self-promotion and providing services to non-owned entities, directly limiting their business practices and market dominance.85% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Apr 2021
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Introduced Apr 19, 2021 Last action Apr 19, 2021
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Apr 19, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Apr 19, 2021
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Josh Hawley
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