Republicans’ Big Tech Plan Gives Democrats’ Opening for Overhaul

A legislative outline from House Republican staff to overhaul the regulation of technology companies such as Facebook and Google shows room for bipartisan and industry agreement this Congress.

Staff of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a memo Thursday to Republican committee members and other stakeholders outlining broad areas to regulate tech companies with over $1 billion in annual revenue, including limits to their broad liability shield.

The legislative roadmap from Republicans follows the committee’s March 25 hearing with the chief executives of Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.‘s Google, and ...