Happy Summer John!
Summer is officially here! We're going to get our puns out quickly: Celebrate by helping us rein in Big Tech so that we can surf the web without monopolies controlling the waves. 🌊🌊🌊
The clock is ticking down. Use our Twitter tool to tell your members of Congress to take back our democracy and stand up to Big Tech bullies.
JOIN ANTITRUST SUMMER
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google don’t want to share the beach. Big Tech companies undermine human rights, distort democracy, and stifle innovation, just because they can. Right now, the system only works for the monopolies. But luckily, we have a unique moment to end Big Tech’s unchecked power.
We can end this system, this summer. This summer, two bipartisan bills are hitting the floor that will rein in Big Tech. The Open Apps Market Act (OAMA) would end Google and Apple’s chokehold on mobile applications, giving people more control over their own devices.1 The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) would ban Big Tech from preferring or promoting its own products, something that only serves to solidify their market power.2
Big Tech is scared. Anti-union Amazon is desperately ramping up its spin machine.3 Facebook is flailing.4 All together, Big Tech has spent over $36,000,000 to squash these bills.5 That’s why we’re pushing hard to break through the lobbyist noise—and you can help us win.
They may have the money, but they’re about to get burned. Antitrust Summer will be remembered as a people’s victory for the ages. Act now to make sure we don’t lose this opportunity: Tweet at your members of Congress to pass these Big Tech antitrust bills.
Together,
Leila
P.S. Not on Twitter? No problem. You can also use our call tool to call your members of Congress and tell them to support Big Tech antitrust bills!
1. Open App Markets Act bill text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2710
2. American Innovation and Choice Online Act bill text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2992
3. Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/amazon-antitrust-jeff-bezos-prime-membership-klobuc-1849001975
4. Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/17/american-edge-facebook-regulation/
5. Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-has-spent-36-million-on-ads-to-torpedo-antitrust-bill-11654767000
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