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The US government's march against big tech

is getting a bit more legit.

Last summer it felt a lot like grandstanding for sound bites.

Today it's a blueprint for tomorrow.

Apple Insider says the U.S. House Judiciary Committee has formally approved its report that accuses

big tech companies of engaging in anti-competitive practices to maintain market power.

That committee spent a long time investigating and working on a report.

That report was released last October. It called Big Tech monopolistic and it has been accepted.

On Thursday the piece says the House Judiciary Committee voted 24 to 17 along party lines to formally

approve the report.

As a result, the more than 400 pages will become an official committee report and a blueprint for

legislative action. Committee chair and Democratic representative

from Rhode Island Dave Sicellini said in the statement, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook each

hold monopoly power over significant sectors of our economy. The monopoly moment must end now that the committee has formally adopted our findings.

I look forward to crafting legislation that addresses the significant concerns we have raised.

The semiconductor shortage will be here for at least another year.

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