Pressure on Big Tech builds as Biden picks another critic for key Justice post

By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz
FILE PHOTO U.S. President Joe Biden departs after giving a briefing at the White House in Washington June 2 2021. REUTERSCarlos BarriaFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs after giving a briefing at the White House in Washington, June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden nominated lawyer and Google critic Jonathan Kanter as the Justice Department's antitrust chief on Tuesday in the latest sign the White House is determined to rein in the world's biggest corporations, especially Big Tech.

Progressives who advocate tougher enforcement of antitrust law pushed for the nomination of Kanter, who recently started his own law firm, Kanter Law Group LLP, which bills itself as an "antitrust advocacy boutique."

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