Smaller tech companies, including Proton, DuckDuckGo, and Mozilla, which offer more privacy than Big Tech, want Congress to vote on an antitrust bill.
The companies sent a letter to the Senate and the House, asking lawmakers to vote on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act “as soon as possible”.
The companies believe that the bill would encourage more competition and more privacy options for internet users.
“Massive tech platforms can exert influence over society and the digital economy because they ultimately have the power to collect, analyze, and monetize exorbitant amounts of personal information. This is not by accident, as some of the tech giants have intentionally abused their gatekeeper positions to lock users into perpetual surveillance while simultaneously making it difficult to switch to privacy-protective alternatives”, the companies wrote in the letters....
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