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US senator proposes banning acquisitions by Big Tech – Source CNET Tech

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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has unveiled a bill that would make it harder for tech companies to acquire competitors.


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US Sen. Josh Hawley, a staunch critic of Big Tech, unveiled an antitrust bill on Monday that would prohibit all mergers and acquisitions by companies with a market value greater than $100 billion, which includes Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.

Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, referenced an alleged anti-conservative bias by large tech companies as he introduced his Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act. Hawley is one of several…

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