Google feels the heat

Fast-moving bills in the Senate, and an unredacted lawsuit, could chip away at its dominance

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In the United States, bills to regulate tech companies move so slowly, and with so few prospects of becoming law, that platforms seldom feel much need to comment on them. Instead platforms buy ads promoting the idea that they welcome regulation, as long as it’s “thoughtful,” while working behind the scenes to whittle it down or …