The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of big technology companies to look at whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers.
It comes as a growing number of lawmakers have called for stricter regulation or even breaking up of the big tech companies, which have come under intense scrutiny following a series of scandals that compromised users' privacy.
President Donald Trump also has relentlessly criticized the big tech companies by name in recent months. He frequently asserts that companies such as Facebook and Google are biased against him and conservative politicians.
The Justice Department did not identify specific companies but said the review would consider concerns raised about 'search, social media, and some retail services online' - an apparent reference to Google, Amazon, Facebook and potentially Apple.
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F Google and Youtube.
DeleteRegulating big tech helps them by not letting any competitors in then they will be the true monopoly.
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