Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta Unite to Block State-Level AI Regulations
By Isha
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta have joined forces in a lobbying coalition to advocate for a 10-year federal moratorium preventing U.S. states from independently regulating artificial intelligence. Pushed through the House via the “big, beautiful” budget bill & supported by trade groups like INCOMPAS’s AI Competition Center, the move aims to maintain a unified national AI framework. It has sparked controversy dividing industry players & Republican lawmakers over innovation versus oversight.
Read full story at Economic Times