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Will Joe Biden be sucked into Big Tech's lobbyist 'revolving door'? The President-elect has recruited Silicon Valley insiders to help him pick his team, sparking fears of a cosy alliance with tech giants 26 December 2020 • 6:00am In ordinary times, the transfer of power from one US president to another would be a decidedly personal affair. Joe Biden and his advisers would select their White House team via huddled meetings, sit-down interviews and chance encounters with old friends in Washington, DC coffee shops. Instead, the traditional scramble for government jobs is being hashed out over ...

US antitrust case targets Google’s search practices SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 19, 2020, 07:29 AM IST Share Synopsis The latest US monopoly case against the company came from 38 state attorneys general, led by Colorado, piling on to a separate state case, filed the day before, and one from the Justice Department. Colorado's suit accuses Alphabet Inc.'s Google of abusing its "virtually untrammeled power over internet search traffic." AFP Google also said the suit's goal is to degrade its search in favor of these "middlemen" citing web conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp, run by Google critic B...

Marianela López-Galdos, Global Competition Counsel, Computer & Communications Industry Association Wayne Brough, Senior Managing Fellow, Technology & Innovation, R Street Elizabeth Frazee, Co-founder and CEO of TwinLogic Strategies Big Tech has come under fire, both here in the United States and around the globe. In response, Congress recently released a new report calling for sweeping antitrust reforms and the Department of Justice is increasing its enforcement activity. But is there evidence that more rigorous measures are needed? Will the growing call for tougher antitrust measures hampe...

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