The U.S. Justice Department has thrown its support behind legislation that would bar major technology platforms like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. from giving preferential treatment to their own products at the expense of competitors.
Peter Hyun, acting assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that 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.”
