Big Tech antitrust review: tough policy or publicity stunt?


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 25 Jul 2019

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 30, 2019, a billboard with an image of Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren in San Francisco, California. - Big Tech firms are clobbering traditional news organizations, media representatives told lawmakers on June 11, 2019, asking for new authority to allow the struggling sector to team up against online platforms. The comments came as the House Judiciary Committee opened the first in what is expected to be a series of hearings examining the dominance of Big Tech in several economic sectors. Tuesday's hearing sought to focus on the plight of news organizations, which have struggled to keep up with the dominance of Facebook and Google in online advertising. (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

WASHINGTON: The antitrust review of Big Tech announced by US regulators could signal a tough new stand on competition policy, but it may just be a political publicity stunt. 

Legal experts said any antitrust enforcement action against technology giants remains far off, and that a breakup of any of the Silicon Valley titans is a remote possibility. 

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