Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday said Big Tech companies will kill his legislation intending to protect kids online and he is working on a fallback plan.
The South Carolina Republican said his frustration with the Senate’s inaction has driven him to team with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, on an alternative proposal to empower regulators to go after large technology companies.
“They’re the largest companies in the world; they’re making hundreds of billions of dollars, and part of their business model is destroying people’s lives and they’re going to beat us,” Mr. Graham said at the meeting before the vote. “We’re going to pass the EARN IT Act today, but it’ll go nowhere.” Giving more power to the government to shape tech companies’ operations is something that has concerned several of Mr. Graham’s colleagues about the EARN IT Act.
Sen. Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat, said the bill needed to be refined more before receiving final consideration on the Senate floor.
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