Abstract
With the rise of technology having well and truly dawned in the 21st century, new threats have appeared: Big Tech. In a short period of time, technology companies have acquired huge economic power, becoming titans ruling over the digital industry. Their sheer size and ubiquity alone have been causes for alarm, attracting worldwide attention. Of particular concern are the dangers they pose to competition in the economy – their huge market power approaching monopolist status. In response to this crisis, the legislative branch in the United States of America (US) has introduced a package of antitrust bills (the Bills). This includes the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act (ACCESS Act), Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, Ending Platform Monopolies Act, and Open App Markets Act. An analysis of these Bills demonstrates tensions between opposing theories behind antitrust law, and raises the question of what should be done, if anything, about these firms.