Major Tech Legislation Passes U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 to advance the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. The legislation seeks to provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms shall be unlawful. Essentially this bill stops large tech platform companies from the practice of “self-preferencing” meaning these platforms will not be able to discriminate against other businesses that rely on the platform companies’ services. With momentum gaining in the Senate for passage along with similar language in the House via H.R. 3816, this bill definitely seems to be going places these days.  

For a while now we have been forecasting greater policy and regulatory oversight when it comes to technology stakeholders. We believe that we will see more scrutiny this year, as technology oversight is an issue that crosses party lines. Don’t wait to form your strategic plan for 2022.

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