Kimber Lanning, Small Business Rising member and CEO of Local First Arizona, wrote an op-ed in Arizona Central highlighting how “entrepreneurship and innovation will be hindered if lawmakers do not rein in Big Tech.”
Lanning details Amazon’s predatory behavior, explaining how the crushing weight of Amazon’s fees capsize businesses and make it nearly impossible to compete. Due to Amazon’s market power, there is no viable alternative for reaching customers online and small businesses are left coping with the monopoly’s exploitative methods.
To build a more competitive marketplace, Lanning explains, Congress must “pass legislation that gets at the heart of Big Tech power. This means passing the full package of legislation that passed by the House Judiciary Committee last summer, which would restrict Big Tech platforms from owning businesses that create a conflict of interest and prevent these platforms from unfairly disadvantaging their competitors.”