Stefan Mileschin

Rather than something that Big Tech can lobby against

A Democrat overseeing antitrust legislation wants to hit Big Tech with the legislative equivalent of a swarm of drones rather than a single, hulking battleship that would be simpler to defeat.

In an interview with Axios, David Cicilline said he didn't want to give the major technology companies and their armies of lobbyists the easy target of a massive antitrust bill.

Instead, in his role running the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel, he plans to craft a series of smaller bills -- perhaps 10 or more -- that will be ready in May.

The way Cicilline sees it, this small-target strategy achieves two goals: He has a better chance of finding common ground between Democrats and Republicans on more narrowly targeted issues.

And he makes it harder for Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google to mobilise quickly against reforms they don't like.

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