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fliptop [soylentnews.org] writes:

The emails, memos and strategy documents were provided to POLITICO [politico.com] by the House Judiciary Committee.

Internal documents from Google and Amazon provided to POLITICO show new examples of how the companies favor their own products over competitors’ — adding ammunition to the push for Congress to toughen antitrust laws.

The documents — which include emails, memos and strategy papers — were shared by the House Judiciary committee, which obtained them as part of its long-running antitrust investigation of Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta that wrapped in October 2020 with a 450-page staff report. The documents were cited in the report, but had not previously been made available.

[...] Heavily redacted internal Google documents [house.gov] appear to show, for example, how Google pressured mobile phone makers including Samsung to prioritize its own apps on their devices.

[...] The newly released material, which also include emails and other documents from Amazon [house.gov] and Meta-owned Facebook, arrives as pressure is building on Congress, and in particular Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a bill that would block the internet giants from favoring their own products and services over those of competitors who rely on their platforms.

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