With five bills introduced to the House Judiciary Committee in June of this year, Congress is moving swiftly to rein in what it sees as the market power and abusive business practices of \u201cBig Tech\u201d firms \u2014 namely Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google. What is behind Congress\u2019 push for new antitrust laws targeted at these companies, and how would these laws impact consumers?
On this episode, Shane and AEI co-host Mark Jamison are joined by NetChoice Policy Counsel Jennifer Huddleston for a conversation on what Congress\u2019 proposals would mean for the future of mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry, along with how these proposals would deprive consumers of services they enjoy thanks to Silicon Valley\u2019s culture of \u201cpermissionless innovation.\u201d