Hi,
Thank you for protecting Big Tech CEOs and blocking bipartisan legislation
that would hold Big Tech accountable.
That’s the message deepfake “Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg” shared with Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in our
[ [link removed] ]new ad calling out the corrupt coalition of Big Tech and money-grubbing
members of Congress.
This is the last chance to crack down on Big Tech. We demand Schumer and
Pelosi protect the American people — not Zuck, Bezos, and the other Big
Tech monopolists!
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi must do
what’s right for the American people and small businesses: Block Big Tech
companies from abusing their monopoly power by passing critical antitrust
legislation during the final weeks of this Congress!
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Two important bills fighting Big Tech’s monopoly power are pending in
Congress right now. These bills would help protect consumers, workers, and
small businesses from Big Tech’s abuses by making it illegal for
corporations to use their platforms to squash competitors and run small
businesses into the ground. They’re popular and bipartisan. So what’s the
hold up?
Big Tech has spent $100 million lobbying against the legislation. In the
words of #FakeZuck, “Big Tech is the golden goose that keeps giving, and
giving, and giving” to Members of Congress (*cringe smile*).
Schumer and Pelosi’s failure to act on this legislation is starting to
look a lot like corruption. Both leaders have family ties to Big Tech: one
of Schumer’s daughters works for Meta (Facebook) and another works for
Amazon.^1 Pelosi’s family has profited millions off trading Big Tech
stocks—raising serious ethics concerns about insider trading in
Congress.^2
“If Leader Schumer does not call a vote on these bills or attach them to a
must-pass vehicle in the weeks ahead, he will have squandered Congress’s
best chance to hold Big Tech accountable in a generation,” said Demand
Progress Action executive director David Segal. “Zuckerberg, Bezos, and
their millions of dollars will have won again.”^3
Schumer and Pelosi have an opportunity to break this corrupt cycle and
protect American consumers and small businesses from the abuses of Big
Tech! We need to make sure they do the right thing.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi must
bring key tech antitrust legislation for a vote. The American Innovation
and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets Act must pass during the
117th Congress!
Thanks for taking action,
Izzi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Bloomberg, “Groups Push Schumer to Recuse Himself From Big Tech
Legislation,” [ [link removed] ]July 22, 2022.
2. Business Insider, “See Every Stock Trade Speaker Nancy Pelosi's
Husband Has Made Since 2021,” [ [link removed] ]October 17, 2022.
3. The Hill, “Tech advocacy group uses Zuckerberg deep fake to push for
antitrust vote,” [ [link removed] ]November 29, 2022.
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