Trump administration officials tell Senate about Big Tech antitrust probes

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The Justice Department's antitrust division chief, Makan Delrahim, said Tuesday that its probes of big technology companies like Alphabet's Google ...

WASHINGTON: The Justice Department's antitrust division chief, Makan Delrahim, said Tuesday that its probes of big technology companies like Alphabet's Google were a"priority" that could result in either"law enforcement or policy options as solutions."

"Based on news reports, it sounds like your agencies may be pursuing monopolization investigations of the same companies," Lee said in written remarks."I don’t think your agencies should be divvying up parts of a monopolization investigation of the same tech company." The FTC's Simons noted in his statement the agency's probe of Facebook, which the company acknowledged in July. He said the agency's Technology Task Force was"up and running and actively investigating competitive activity in U.S. technology markets."

 

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