This Man May Be Big Tech s Biggest Threat – The New York Times

WASHINGTON At a hearing this summer about the rising power of the country s biggest tech companies, Representative David Cicilline zeroed in on Amazon. Unhappy with a response from one of the company s top lawyers, he delivered a biting retort.

I may remind you, sir: You are under oath, Mr. Cicilline said.

Tech companies are under various antitrust investigations, including by the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. Those inquiries could lead to lawsuits against the companies to enforce existing laws.

But Mr. Cicilline has a more ambitious goal one that may be the greater threat, in the long run, to Big Tech s practices and profits. He s trying to build evidence, and a bipartisan consensus, for changing the laws themselves.

via www.nytimes.com

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