US attorney general says Big Tech probes to be completed next year

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that he hoped to have Justice Department investigations of the big tech platforms - Facebook ...

WASHINGTON: U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that he hoped to have Justice Department investigations of the big tech platforms: Facebook Inc , Alphabet Inc's Google, Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc: completed next year.

"I'd like to have it completed some time next year. I think it's important to move quickly on things," Barr said."These things have a cost to the marketplace and businesses. I think at some point the government has to fish or cut bait."

 

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