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| Microsoft may face antitrust measures like Facebook |
In a letter, Senator Jim Jordan asked Microsoft to confront the same antitrust measures as other big tech platforms.
In the letter, Jordan asked Microsoft's CEO if he thought the company had been affected by a number of antitrust laws introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this month.
There are a total of five laws, ranging from providing additional funding to enforce antitrust laws to banning smaller competitors from buying big tech platforms.
After years of investigations against Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, a number of antitrust laws have been enacted.
The actions are mainly aimed at the anti-competitive behavior of these four companies, and it is not clear how this will affect other large companies such as Microsoft.
Although Microsoft adheres to the criteria of these laws, such as achieving a market value of more than $600 billion and 50 million monthly active users, these laws do not target specific businesses.
Jordan said in the letter that major tech companies, including Microsoft, want to woo conservatives. It's unclear why Microsoft is avoiding such attention from House Democrats.
Microsoft will be subject to the same criteria upon acquisition, such as: b. To bear the burden of proof and to make data received from users more portable and usable on other platforms.
However, as Amazon and Apple undergo more structural changes, Microsoft may not adhere to these rules.
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When Jordan's information surfaced, House Republicans were increasingly divided over the package.
Although all five bills were introduced by both Republican and Democratic participants, not all of them were supported by Republicans.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, does not support the bills.
Jordan appears to be opposed to these measures as well and decides to take various measures against technology companies, such as reforming Section 230 of the Telecommunications Regulatory Act to crack down on platforms that allegedly censor conservative speech.
Earlier this month, lobbyists from Rupert Murdoch Media, including Fox and News Corporation, called on House Republicans to vote in favor of the bill.