Congressional big tech crackdown accelerates with rare show of unity

A bipartisan group of lawmakers defended a bill to curb big tech companies, signaling momentum is building for the first major law to curb the power of giant online platforms.

senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley and representatives David Cicilline and Ken Buck A press conference on Wednesday addressed concerns from tech giants and their supporters over a measure that would ban companies like apple inc, Amazon.com Inc., alphabet incis google, microsoft corp and Facebook parents Metaplatforms Inc. prevent them from favoring their own products over those of their competitors.

“For too long, big tech companies have said, ‘Just trust us,’ while putting profits ahead of their users,” Klobuchar said. “We come together to say that the era of ‘trust us’ is over.”

The bill, sponsored by Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, and Grassley, an Iowa Republican, would ban companies from giving an advantage to their own products…