Facebook, Google and fellow giants Apple and Amazon aren't just facing intensive scrutiny from Capitol Hill
Will Castleberry, Facebook's vice president of state and local policy, said the company aims to demonstrate to the states that it is in fact subject to ample competition both in the U.S. and globally. "People have multiple choices for every one of the services we provide," he said in a statement. "We will work constructively with state attorneys general and we welcome a conversation with policymakers about the competitive environment in which we operate.
Separately, Federal Trade Commission competition bureau director Bruce Hoffman told POLITICO that his agency's 15-person “A substantial part of the activities of the task force have turned to investigations and away from background,” Hoffman said in an interview Thursday. “And investigations I can't talk about, but I think it would be fair to say that the primary energy of the task force now is in investigations.”
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