Antitrust Bill Targeting Amazon, Google, Apple Gets Support From DOJ
The Justice Department told lawmakers in a letter that the rise of dominant platforms presents a threat to open markets and competition
 The Justice Department’s letter expresses support for the American Innovation and Choice Online Act.PHOTO: STEFANI REYNOLDS/BLOOMBERG NEWS
By Ryan Tracy
Updated Mar. 28, 2022 10:34 pm ET
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department Monday endorsed legislation forbidding large digital platforms such as Amazon and Google from favoring their own products and services over competitors’, marking the Biden administration’s first full-throated support of the antitrust measure.
“The Department views the rise of dominant platforms as presenting a threat to open markets and competition, with risks for consumers, businesses, innovation, resiliency, global competitiveness, and our democracy,” says a letter to bipartisan leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, signed by Peter Hyun, the Justice Department’s acting assistant attorney general for legislative affairs.
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