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US: Top Antitrust Cop in Spotlight Over Big Tech Inquiry

By  |  July 7, 2019

The Justice Department official expected to lead an antitrust investigation into Google’s business practices says he favors taking a broad view of whether Big Tech dominance is harming innovation, product quality and consumer choice.

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