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Today is #AntitrustDay, and nonprofits, tech companies, and internet users are uniting in calling on Congress to end Big Tech’s abusive monopolies. We can’t restructure our relationship with tech until we have antitrust laws. Contact lawmakers now. antitrustday.org
Check out this banner in the @Yelp app driving calls and emails in support of #AICOA and #OAMA through AntitrustDay.org Image
And check out this awesome and informative video from @Initialized investor @garrytan explaining why we need #AntitrustDay to save "little tech"
The good folks @basecamp have this nice lookin banner on their homepage, directing visitors to AntitrustDay.org where they can write/call/tweet their legislators Image
And here's the @WhiteHouse anti-monopoly expert weighing in in support of #AntitrustDay!
Check out the search homepage for @brave proudly flying this #AntitrustDay call to action, sending people to AntitrustDay.org where they can contact Congress! Image
And the folks at encrypted email service @ProtonMail have this great blog up explaining the importance of #AntitrustDay. "Stop Big Tech from dominating the Internet" protonmail.com/blog/antitrust…
#AntitrustDay is not just online! The folks @Tech_Oversight are driving this mobile billboard around Capitol Hill right now urging support for #antitrust bills to #ReinInBigTech. Learn more and take action at AntitrustDay.org Image
Labor's in the house for #AntitrustDay! Great to have America's strongest union, the mighty mighty @Teamsters on board fighting for legislation to rein in Big Tech. Corporate monopolies are bad for working people everywhere!
There are dozens of prominent civil society groups amplifying #AntitrustDay today. Here's just a few:

@MoveOn
@ABAbook
@UltraViolet
@ColorOfChange
@mainstreetweets
@demandprogress
@ConsumerReports
@publicknowledge
@RAICESTEXAS
@Public_Citizen
@CCDHate
@foe_us
@EFF ImageImageImage
Throwing their weight behind #AntitrustDay, the Coalition for @appfairness, which represents popular companies like @EpicGames @Spotify @TheTileApp @Deezer @basecamp has this homepage takeover running today linking to AntitrustDay.org where people can take action. ImageImage
Here's a great post from our friends at @EFF that explains why #antitrust reform targeting Big Tech is needed to defend human rights and online free expression globally. eff.org/deeplinks/2022…
And some #AntitrustDay love from the Deputy Director of the @WhiteHouse National Economic Council!
And here's New York's Attorney General speaking out in support of #AntitrustDay.
Great blog post from @thexyz about why #antitrustday is important, and what the bills #OAMA and #AICOA do! thexyz.com/blog/today-is-…
Senator @ewarren celebrating #AntitrustDay here with the @Tech_Oversight mobile billboard circling the Capitol today Image
"Monopolies must go!" Great coverage here of what's been happening so far today on #AntitrustDay bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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