Congress Launches Big Tech Antitrust Probe

Congress Launches Big Tech Antitrust Probe
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, the Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. On April 30, 2019. AP Photo/Tony Avelar
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SAN FRANCISCO—The federal government may be warming up its antitrust enforcement machine and pointing it at Big Tech.

On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee announced a sweeping antitrust probe of unspecified technology companies. In a statement, it promised “a top-to-bottom review of the market power held by giant tech platforms,” which would be the first such Congress has ever undertaken.