Bill targeting Apple and Google approved by U.S. Senate panel
The Hindu
The measure would bar big app stores from requiring providers to use their payment system.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to approve a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, particularly Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.
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The measure, sponsored by Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar along with Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, would bar big app stores from requiring providers to use their payment system.

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