To: Congress
Break up the Big Tech monopolies!
We urge you to pass two vital pieces of antitrust legislation, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open Act Markets Act, to ensure tech giants can no longer abuse their power to crush the small businesses that use their platforms!
Why is this important?
Amazon’s new reality TV show Ring Nation is a disgusting demonstration of Amazon’s monopoly power. The show uses footage from notorious Ring cameras — an Amazon surveillance tool. It’s produced by Amazon-owned MGM Studios. And it’s distributed on Amazon Prime Video.
It’s just the latest reminder that Amazon is out of control. Fortunately, legislation has been introduced in Congress that would begin to tackle some of the ways Amazon abuses its power. Majority Leader Schumer has promised to bring that legislation to the floor. Now we need to see action.
Sign the petition: Small businesses, and the American people, need protection from the Big Tech monopolies! Majority Leader Schumer must bring legislation blocking massive Big Tech companies from abusing their power to the floor immediately — and Congress must pass it.
Already, tens of thousands of people have called on Amazon to cancel the program. Those activists note Amazon's disturbing track record of using Ring surveillance footage to violate people’s constitutional rights.
Amazon has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent of doorbell-owners 11 times this year alone. Given this context, Ring Nation is “essentially rebranding surveillance as entertainment,” said Myaisha Hayes, one of the organizers of the petition.
We need protection from the Big Tech monopolies immediately. So why is Schumer dragging his feet on bringing popular, bipartisan legislation to the floor?
Perhaps he’s feeling the pressure from the $95 million that Big Tech has spent to oppose the legislation. Schumer’s daughters are two potential pressure points: one works for Meta (Facebook), and another for Amazon. Clearly, Schumer’s got some personal hang-ups on this legislation. Based on his personal ties to tech industry, Demand Progress and a coalition of progressive groups have even called for Schumer to recuse himself from dealing with the legislation.
Schumer needs to get it together and do the right thing for the American people, before it’s too late.
Sign the petition: Schumer must bring tech antitrust legislation for a floor vote! Congress is ready to take on the power of big tech.
It’s just the latest reminder that Amazon is out of control. Fortunately, legislation has been introduced in Congress that would begin to tackle some of the ways Amazon abuses its power. Majority Leader Schumer has promised to bring that legislation to the floor. Now we need to see action.
Sign the petition: Small businesses, and the American people, need protection from the Big Tech monopolies! Majority Leader Schumer must bring legislation blocking massive Big Tech companies from abusing their power to the floor immediately — and Congress must pass it.
Already, tens of thousands of people have called on Amazon to cancel the program. Those activists note Amazon's disturbing track record of using Ring surveillance footage to violate people’s constitutional rights.
Amazon has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent of doorbell-owners 11 times this year alone. Given this context, Ring Nation is “essentially rebranding surveillance as entertainment,” said Myaisha Hayes, one of the organizers of the petition.
We need protection from the Big Tech monopolies immediately. So why is Schumer dragging his feet on bringing popular, bipartisan legislation to the floor?
Perhaps he’s feeling the pressure from the $95 million that Big Tech has spent to oppose the legislation. Schumer’s daughters are two potential pressure points: one works for Meta (Facebook), and another for Amazon. Clearly, Schumer’s got some personal hang-ups on this legislation. Based on his personal ties to tech industry, Demand Progress and a coalition of progressive groups have even called for Schumer to recuse himself from dealing with the legislation.
Schumer needs to get it together and do the right thing for the American people, before it’s too late.
Sign the petition: Schumer must bring tech antitrust legislation for a floor vote! Congress is ready to take on the power of big tech.