Proposed Antitrust Reforms in Big Tech: What Do They Imply for Competition and Innovation?

There is widespread support for antitrust reform, fueled mainly by concerns about major platforms like Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Many believe that these companies have become too large and that they use their power in harmful ways. In the United States, some of the most aggressive reforms have recently been codified into two proposed bills, which focus largely on “self-preferencing” by online platforms and various restrictions imposed by mobile operating systems. This short article evalu