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A tepid take on the bipartisan drive to ban tech self-preferencing
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A tepid take on the bipartisan drive to ban tech self-preferencing

A valid worry about Google morphs into a bad principle

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Feb 01, 2022
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In an outbreak of bipartisanship that didn’t get much attention, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted last week 16-6 to advance the American Innovation and Online Choice Act, a bill written by Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley.

Committee Democrats unanimously supported the bill, along with Grassley, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and John Kennedy.…

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