How John Oliver helped take the issue of tech antitrust into the mainstream Two bills reining in the power of major platform operators, including Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, could finally reach a full Senate floor debate this summer. But time is running out as midterm elections loom.

The tech antitrust debate in Washington, D.C., is coming to a head, with Senate leadership likely to bring new antitrust legislation to a full floor debate as soon as this month. At issue are a pair of bills cosponsored and championed by Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat: the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would prohibit tech platforms from favoring their own products; and the Open App Markets Act, which would give smartphone users more ways to buy apps than just the major Apple and Google app stores.