A group of anti-monopoly organizations has penned a letter urging lawmakers to move forward with bills targeting tech giants and rebutting claims that those bills would weaken national security.
The letter was addressed to leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, which introduced a sweeping set of bills meant to curb the power of Silicon Valley juggernauts earlier in 2021. Tech giants oppose the legislation, but so do some former national security officials who claim that they could threaten Silicon Valley’s partnership with the Pentagon.
According to Bloomberg, the letter refutes those claims. More than that, it argues that reliance on just a handful of companies is more dangerous. The letter was signed by the American Economic Liberties Project, Center for Digital Democracy, Demand Progress, Public Citizen, and the Revolving Door Project.
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