The tide has quickly turned in Washington against big technology firms
argue for radical measures such as break-ups, and convince lower courts, most federal appeals-court judges are reluctant antitrust enforcers, steeped in old teachings of the University of Chicago, which urge that companies be left alone so long as they do not harm consumers.
With the possible exception of a federal privacy bill, which tech firms are promoting before a strict California state law enters into force in January and becomes de facto law of the land, most existing proposals may not get far. Impeachment proceedings against Mr Trump will distract lawmakers for months. If elected next year, a President Warren may not be able to ram her ideas through what is likely to remain a Republican-controlled Senate.
Trustbusters and lawmakers are also gathering intelligence. Besides the missive to Google, the antitrust subcommittee has sent requests for information to Amazon, Apple, Facebook and dozens of other firms. Oracle, a software-maker and old foe of Google’s, got one from Texas’s attorney-general. Snap, a social-media firm, is said to keep a dossier documenting Facebook’s anticompetitive actions, which it is sure to share with regulators and Congress.
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