Big Tech is one of the few bipartisan targets in D.C. While Sen. Warren looks to reinvent antitrust policy, AG Barr says an overhaul is “neither easy nor advisable.”
have wide-ranging impact on the everyday lives of many Americans. They also offer their product free, complicating a U.S. tradition of judging whether something is a monopoly by its impact on prices.and is looking to drastically change U.S. antitrust policy
"It's become clear that not every problem related to online platforms comes within the reach of antitrust laws. Some have therefore proposed expanding the antitrust laws to reaching other noneconomic harms. Drastically reinventing the antitrust laws, however, is neither easy nor advisable," Barr said.
Barr listed a number of issues that fall outside of antitrust that his agency would look at tackling: privacy, transparency, consumer fraud child exploitation and public safety. Section 230 provides internet companies legal immunity for their users' content and allows them to moderate users' content with impunity. While tech companies have argued that the law, enacted in the 1990s, is still necessary for their continued innovation and ability to remove harmful content from their sites, some lawmakers have contended it now provides too broad of a shield to dominant platforms.
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