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Tech antitrust is about to get really weird

Tech antitrust is about to get really weird as we head into a second Trump term.

And then there’s Google, which is potentially staring down a full breakup after already losing one major antitrust suit, with a ruling in a second case about advertising due basically any day now. This situation led to a lot of hearings, press releases, lawsuits, and podcast episodes — and ultimately it ended up with a Biden administration that wanted to do something to slow it down and perhaps even unwind some of it. Trump’s pick to head the FTC, current Commissioner Andrew Ferguson, who pitched himself for the chairperson’s seat by promising to unwind Khan’s agenda.

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