Sen. Josh Hawley is preparing legislation that could require major online platforms like Google and Facebook to stop selling certain targeted ads to keep key legal protections
His focus on behavioral advertising reflects concern that the tech giants have used their vast reams of data on people's online activity to power their businesses and crowd out competitors, the person said. The lawmaker has been
, accusing them of stifling competition, invading consumers’ privacy and suppressing Republican voices online.become a rallying cry for Trump, Hawley and their GOP alliesSection 230, widely credited with helping the online industry to flourish economically, broadly shields digital services from lawsuits for hosting and taking down user content.
Trump and his allies attacked the legal shield after Twitter slapped fact-checking and warning labels on some of tweets. Facebook declined to act against identical posts on its platforms, drawing praise from Republicans and rebukes from Democrats who criticized the platform's hands-off approach on Trump.
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