Josh Hawley unveils "trust-busting" plan for Big Tech

Details: Hawley's "Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act" would ... Ban mergers and acquisitions by firms with a market cap over $100 billion Lower the threshold for prosecution under existing federal antitrust laws, replacing the prevalent "consumer harm" standard with one that emphasizes "the protection of competition" Require companies that lose federal antitrust lawsuits to "forfeit all their profits resulting from monopolistic conduct" Give the Federal Trade Commission new power to designate and regulate "dominant digital firms" in different online markets
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