Trump Antitrust Chief Says No Sign of Competitive Harm From Tech
- Question for enforcers is whether dominance stifles innovation
- White House has mulled executive order on social media firms
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The head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division said he hasn’t seen evidence technology giants like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. are harming competition, despite criticism of the companies from President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Major online platforms have significant market power, but the question for antitrust enforcers is whether or not they’re taking steps to stifle innovations that challenge that dominance, Makan Delrahim said Friday at an Axios event in Washington.