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A bipartisan pair of senators introduced legislation Friday aimed at stopping Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google from acquiring smaller rivals.

Two senators have introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to make it harder for online tech giants to make acquisitions that "harm competition and eliminate consumer choice," according to the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), one of the bill's co-sponsors.

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar unveiled a bipartisan bill Friday restricting how Big Tech acquires and merges with smaller firms.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Friday introduced legislation that would make it easier for regulators to block large tech companies from buying up rivals or nascent competitors, the latest display of the bipartisan push in Congress to rein in the tech industry.

A bipartisan bill that aims to limit tech giants from making acquisitions that harm competition or reduce consumer choice was introduced in the Senate Friday. 

The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act would give the government greater power to stop mergers that it believes violate antitrust laws.

Last month, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) fired the latest and perhaps most high-profile legislative salvo against Big Tech to date – the proposed American Innovation and Choice Online Act.

Last month, Senators Amy Klobuchar D-MN and Chuck Grassley fired the latest and perhaps most high-profile legislative salvo against Big Tech to date – the proposed American Innovation and Choice Online Act.

Last month, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) fired the latest and perhaps most high-profile legislative salvo against Big Tech to date – the proposed American...