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Trump’s FTC Moves Ahead With Broad Microsoft Antitrust Probe. (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a sprawling antitrust probe of Microsoft Corp. that was opened in the waning days of the Biden Administration, signaling that Donald Trump’s new FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson is going to prioritize scrutiny of tech giants.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the only positive thing in the Trump administration so far. I was worried that they were going to de-fang the FTC and DOJ's antitrust efforts and just start handing out slaps on the wrist again, but nope. It seems they're going ahead with the Biden-era aggressiveness, which is awesome.

Of course, they'll never touch Musk's companies, and it remains to be seen if Microsoft/Google/etc will be able to bribe Trump for a settlement. But at least it's a glimmer of hope in the otherwise onslaught of depressing news.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

This is like when you see a rapist and a pedophile engage. You'd think they'd be friends, except nope. The rapist is raping the pedophile. You don't feel sorry for the pedophile, and you don't cheer the rapist, but you certainly don't feel the same empathy as if it were some else being raped. Doesn't make the rapist a good guy though.