Bipartisan US lawmakers introduce bill aimed at Google, Facebook ad clout


FILE PHOTO A sign is pictured outs a Google office near the companys headquarters in Mountain View California U.S. May 8 2019.  REUTERSParesh DaveFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outs a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave//File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at cutting Google and Facebook's clout in online advertising, an early sign that lawmakers will press on with efforts to rein in Big Tech in the new congress.

The bill targets Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook, as well as Amazon.com and Apple, according to Senator Mike Lee's office.

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