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2022-01-19@6:06pm–#Milford CT– #cttraffic– Today’s vehicle fire is on the I-796 Feeder southbound near exit 2.

2022-01-19@12:02pm–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic– Report of a 4 car accident Route 8/25 southbound near exit 2. No reported injuries.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a markup of the Open App Markets Act.

“This step toward Judiciary Committee consideration shows strong bipartisan support for our Open App Markets Act—to stop Apple and Google from crushing competitors and undercutting consumers,” said Blumenthal. “Breaking the ironclad grip of these two behemoths on the multi-billion dollar app market is long overdue. This measure has solid momentum.”

“The Senate Judiciary committee’s markup of the Open App Markets Act will bring us one step closer to holding big tech companies like Apple and Google accountable,” said Blackburn. “Currently, tech giants are forcing their own app stores on users at the expense of innovative start-ups. This legislation will open up the marketplace by allowing consumers to have the ability to download apps not rubber-stamped by Apple and Google. I thank Senator Blumenthal for his leadership and work on this effort.”

Two companies, Google and Apple, have gatekeeper control of the two dominant mobile operating systems and their app stores. Google and Apple’s dominance allows them to exclusively dictate the terms of the app market, inhibiting competition and restricting consumer choice. More information on the legislation is available here.

The legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Dick Durbin (D-IL).

The Open App Markets Act has also been endorsed by a number of technology and consumer groups, including Consumer Reports, Internet Accountability Project, Public Citizen, Coalition for App Fairness, Color Of Change, News Media Alliance, Public Knowledge, Lincoln Network, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE), Digital Progress Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Principles Project, and the American Economic Liberties Project.

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2022-01-19@12:41am–#Bridgeport CT– A white Infinity 250 was taken in an armed carjacking at William and Crescent Avenue. The victim was injured and EMS is on the way.

2022-01-19@3:40pm–A viewer sent in this photo of a crash with injuries at the corner of Benham and Iranistan Avenue. You can text photos and video to 203-769-6961 or Steve@DoingItLocal.com

2022-01-18@7:58pm–#Bridgeport CT– #Black Rock– #ctfire Firefighters quick response kept a kitchen fire contained to the kitchen, not allowing it to spread anywhere else in the home on Grovers Avenue. There were no reported injuries.

2022-01-18@12:40pm–#Fairfield CT– #Bridgeport CT– Two kayakers overturned while in the channel at St. Mary’s By The Sea and Fairfield’s Jennings Beach. The two let go of their kayaks and clung to the channel marker. Both Bridgeport and Fairfield responded to the rescue with Fairfield rescuing the two and taken to the Fairfield Marina to an awaiting ambulance. The air temperature was 37 degrees with very gusty winds.

2022-01-18@11:27am–#Bridgeport CT– Today’s vehicle fire is located at Central Avenue and Trowel Street. Heavy fire coming from the passenger compartment according to radio reports.

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Hartford, CT — Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general continuing to fight Facebook’s illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power. Today, the coalition — led by New York Attorney General Letitia James — filed an appeal brief arguing that the district court’s ruling dismissing the states’ case was in error. The coalition argues that the court was wrong to dismiss their case as time-barred, and made additional legal and factual errors. Over the last decade, Facebook, now known as Meta, illegally acquired competitors in a predatory manner and cut or conditioned services to smaller threats — depriving users of the benefits of competition and reducing privacy protections and services along the way — all in an effort to boost its bottom line through increased advertising revenue.

“Facebook used its market power and consumer data to unlawfully acquire and quash its competition. Their predatory conduct degraded consumer privacy and suffocated innovation. We are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to allow our suit to proceed to restore healthy competition and end Facebook’s illegal monopoly,” said Attorney General Tong.

In December 2020, the coalition filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop Facebook’s anticompetitive conduct. The company filed a motion to dismiss, which was granted by the court last summer. Today’s appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asks the court to allow the coalition of attorneys general to move forward with their suit.

Separately, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also filed an amended complaint against Facebook in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In a ruling earlier this week, the court denied Facebook’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s complaint, allowing the FTC to proceed.

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2022-01-17@11:31pm–#Bridgeport CT– Don’t go to sleep yet Bridgeport! Odor of gas indoors in the 1000 block of Fairfield Avenue. Here come a bunch of firetrucks!

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