A Supreme Court Case That Could Give Tech Giants More Power

Big tech platforms — Amazon, Facebook, Google — control a large and growing share of our commerce and communications, and the scope and degree of their dominance poses real hazards. A bipartisan consensus has formed around this idea. Senator Elizabeth Warren has charged tech giants with using their heft to “snuff out competition,” and even Senator Ted Cruz — usually a foe of government regulation — recently warned of their “unprecedented” size and power.

While the potential tools for redressing the harms vary, a growing chorus is calling for the use of antitrust law.

Source: nytimes.com