Washington CNN —Two US senators are calling for the creation of a new federal agency to regulate tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Meta, in the latest push by members of Congress to clamp down on Big Tech.
The bill targets tech platforms including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and Twitter, which now officially known as X, a Senate aide told CNN, though the companies aren’t directly named in the legislation.
“For too long, giant tech companies have exploited consumers’ data, invaded Americans’ privacy, threatened our national security, and stomped out competition in our economy,” Warren said in a statement.
Thursday’s proposal differs from Bennet’s bill, the aide said, in that it is in some ways more specific in its restrictions on the tech industry.
It’s time to rein in Big Tech,” Graham and Warren wrote in an op-ed in the New York Times Thursday.
Persons:
Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Lindsey Graham, ” Warren, Warren, Michael Bennet, ” Graham
Organizations:
Washington CNN, Google, Big Tech, Massachusetts Democrat, South Carolina Republican, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter, CNN, Digital Consumer Protection, Colorado Democrat, Big, New York Times, Federal Communications Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, FTC, DOJ
Locations:
Massachusetts, Big Tech, Colorado, United States