Senator Wants DOJ to Absorb FTC to Tackle Big Tech Firms
- Tech industry critic looks for way to end interagency disputes
- FTC was established by Congress as an independent agency
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Republican Senator Josh Hawley released a proposal Monday to absorb the Federal Trade Commission into the U.S. Justice Department as a way to push back on Big Tech companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc.
The plan, from one of the GOP’s loudest tech opponents, reflects concern among Republicans about conflicts arising from the agencies’ overlapping responsibility to enforce competition law, as well as frustration with what many critics say is the FTC’s failure to rein in big companies in and out of tech before they become dominant.