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Amazon, other platforms that play dual role in online marketplace targeted in bill from US Senator Hawley

( April 19, 2021, 15:25 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Republican US Senator Josh Hawley introduced the Bust Up Big Tech Act, which seeks to ban major companies such as Amazon that offer search engines, marketplaces and exchanges from expanding their power. The proposed legislation also would ban such companies from creating anticompetitive conflicts of interest by providing online hosting and Internet infrastructure services for third parties. The bill seeks to empower the US Federal Trade Commission to hire more staff to monitor compliance, and to ensure that antitrust laws are enforced by authorizing state attorneys general and private citizens to bring civil actions.Statement follows:...

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