A bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives has submitted a bill to Congress to tighten regulations, saying that giant IT companies such as Google and Apple are hindering fair competition, and the focus will be on how much support will spread in the future. is.
In the United States, four companies, also known as GAFA, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon have been criticized for using their monopoly position to prevent fair competition. The committee has released a report calling for tighter regulations with a view to splitting the businesses of each company.
Under these circumstances, a bipartisan member of the House of Representatives announced on the 11th that he had submitted a bill to the parliament to tighten regulations mainly targeting four companies.
Specifically, it includes proving that it is legal to acquire a company and prohibiting preferential treatment of its products for platform companies in a monopoly position.
"The four IT companies have become too powerful. The bill will stop the monopoly and regain fair competition," said one lawmaker in a statement.
The US media said that if the bill was passed, the four companies could be forced to completely review their business models, and the focus is on how much support for the bill will grow in the future.