American Innovation And Choice Online Act

Congress is currently considering the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICO), which will enhance the antitrust regulations of certain online platforms.¹If enacted, AICO would prohibit certain covered online platforms from favoring their own products or services when doing so "would materially harm competition."²

AICO is one of several antitrust bills under consideration by Congress. Winston has created an antitrust legislative tracker to monitor the progress of federal and certain state bills pending in the current legislative session. Like many of the antitrust reform measures introduced this session, AICO enjoys bipartisan backing. In January, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance AICO, S. 2992, by a 16–6 vote, with the backing of big names from both parties.³ Congressmembers across the political spectrum have sponsored the House version, H.R. 3816, which was voted out of committee in June 2021.⁴