WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill that requires internet platforms such as Meta (NASDAQ;) and Alphabet’s Google (NASDAQ:), to permit users to view content other than what is chosen by algorithms.

Reps. Ken Buck (a Republican) and David Cicilline (a Democrat), introduced the legislation. It would force big internet platforms, which are not directed by algorithms to consumers, to provide information to customers, thereby putting them out of what they called the “filter bubble.”

Cicilline, the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Panel chairperson, is Buck the top Republican. Last year, the big report by this panel was unveiled. The major criticism of big tech companies such as Amazon (NASDAQ 🙂 and Apple(NASDAQ 🙂 was sharply expressed.

The House measure acts as a companion bill to the June Senate bill. The other one is bipartisan.

Buck stated in a statement that consumers should be able to interact with online platforms without being controlled by secret algorithms powered by personal data.

A slew of antitrust laws is available to big technology platforms.

Recently, Senator Amy Klobuchar (a Democrat, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel), and Republican Tom Cotton presented a bill to make it easier for government officials to block deals that violate antitrust laws. It’s normally the responsibility of the government to prove that any transaction is illegal or would increase prices.