Bloomberg Law
Feb. 15, 2018, 4:38 PM UTC

FTC Picks Pledge to Hold ‘Big Tech’ Accountable on Antitrust

By Alexei Alexis

Four nominees for the Federal Trade Commission, including President Donald Trump’s pick for chairman, promised to hold big technology companies such as Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google accountable if they engage in anticompetitive conduct.

Their comments reflect a growing concern among consumer advocates and some lawmakers that big tech companies such as Amazon.com Inc. are exercising too much power in the market. The nominees’ statements signal that the FTC may be more aggressive about policing those companies’ behavior in the future.

Trump’s FTC nominations are waiting for approval by the Senate Commerce Committee. Once the committee ...

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