Don’t declare war on big tech: opinion

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are the four big tech companies under US scrutiny.

Across the (US) federal government, the knives are officially out for big technology companies. Avoiding a bloodbath should be a priority.

As Bloomberg News reported, the House Judiciary Committee is gearing up to investigate unfair business practices by platform companies, while the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have divvied up Silicon Valley’s big four – Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc, Apple Inc and Google – as they probe potential antitrust violations.