Sources: FTC and DOJ have reached an agreement to divvy up antitrust oversight of Google and Amazon, putting Amazon under FTC's watch and Google under DOJ's
Many companies are shifting down for the summer months. Amber Neely / AppleInsider : FTC, Department of Justice amping up antitrust monitoring of tech firms Scott Bicheno / Telecoms.com : Google and Amazon are feeling the antitrust heat in the US Shira Ovide / Bloomberg : Google Should Be Afraid. Very Afraid. PYMNTS.com : Amazon Could Face More Antitrust Scrutiny From FTC Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land : Reports: Google, Amazon to face new antitrust inquiries in changed political climate Jon Fingas / Engadget : US regulators carve up oversight of Amazon and Google Eric Silver / CloudWedge : Google Possibly Under Investigation in Antitrust Probe from Justice Department Andrew Liptak / The Verge : Amazon will reportedly fall under antitrust oversight from the FTC Adam Conway / XDA Developers : US Justice Department reportedly plans to investigate Google for antitrust violations Philip George / Reuters : U.S. regulators divide scrutiny of Amazon and Google: Washington Post Tweets: Elizabeth Warren / @ewarren : Google has too much power, and they're using that power to hurt small businesses, stifle innovation, and tilt the playing field against everyone else. It's time to fight back. That's why I have a plan to break up Google and the other big tech companies. https://www.wsj.com/... @privacyproject : Via the @nytimes newsroom: If the Justice Dept. pursues a case, it will almost certainly remind everyone that @Google, with its early motto of “Don't be evil,” held itself to standards it sometimes couldn't didn't match. https://www.nytimes.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : When Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump agree on something, you know big tech companies have relatively few friends in Washington. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Shawn Sprecker / @shawnsprecker : “...the arrangement brokered between the Justice Department and the FTC typically presages more serious antitrust scrutiny, the likes of which many Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have sought out of fear that tech compani... https://lnkd.in/dqd_zHF https://lnkd.in/d6RA9sn Tony Romm / @tonyromm : Thanks — but I *do* think it's more than that. Many sources reminded me that clearance processes only happen when agencies want to do work. It's not just rearranging for its own sake. So this could yield new scrutiny but the form it takes is unclear. https://twitter.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : It's also important because there were lots of questions about why the FTC would just give up Google. And this answers that at least in some small way @lovetogive2 : “#DOJ is preparing potential #antitrust investigation of #Google” 🤔"#MakanDelrahim..leads Justice's antitrust division—on 2nd tour of duty at agency—Delrahim previously represented corporate clients incl. Google during its purchase of DoubleClick in 2007" https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...