A deep dive into how tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta joined forces to defeat two antitrust bills that had once enjoyed bipartisan support.
A passionate and bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the country’s largest technology companies collapsed this week, the victim of an epic lobbying campaign by Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta.
The companies have been forced to make significant changes in Europe to comply with similar European Union laws set to take effect in the coming years. U.S. advocates believe that will happen here, too — but it will take time. Factors in addition to lobbying led to the bills’ demise: partisan gridlock, personal animosity among lawmakers, bigger legislative priorities, a lack of action by Schumer and perceived inflexibility by Klobuchar. But the lobbying was titanic in scope.A merchant’s complaint opens a new line of antitrust inquiry into Amazon’s practices.
The campaign argued that the bills would destroy Google Search and Amazon Prime and disrupt the global economy. Amazon and tech-funded nonprofit Connected Commerce brought dozens of small-business owners to Washington to argue that they would suffer. Google tapped former national security officials on its payroll to say the bills could harm national security.
The coalition of small tech companies — including Yelp Inc., DuckDuckGo and Proton — joined civil society groups, creating an “anti-big tech” infrastructure, meeting every Friday to strategize. “It was a historic moment,” said Kate McInnis, senior public policy manager at DuckDuckGo.
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