The government hasn't successfully prosecuted a monopoly since Microsoft, as you noted, 21 years ago, 22 years ago. And it hasn't broken up a company since AT&T. So we are actively thinking about how to forward thinking and understanding the impact of those shifts. This is not a problem that's confined to tech.
The Fed eases up on the brakes, Elon Musk looks for new ways to monetize Twitter, and Snap has another rough quarter. Also: Meta may have prevailed in a fight with the FTC. Today’s Friend of Pivot is Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the DOJ. He stops by to discuss Google, antitrust, and his agency's fight against monopolies.
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