FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop
FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop
Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting off a big legal project that an incoming Trump administration must take up or abandon.
Summary
The FTC has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s cloud computing, AI, and cybersecurity practices, marking the most significant U.S. scrutiny of Microsoft since the 1990s.
Initiated under FTC Chair Lina Khan during the Biden administration, the probe follows a failed FTC attempt to block Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition.
The case’s future depends on whether the incoming Trump administration pursues it, with analysts predicting a softer stance on Big Tech, though VP-elect JD Vance has expressed support for antitrust efforts.
Broader tech investigations, including against Google and Nvidia, are also ongoing.
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Wtf is that headline? What else could you do with an investigation?
They could either have written the headline or dropped it.
Nice
for breakfast i ate toast that i must either digest or throw up
Why not have it surgically extracted?
shit good point
I'll surgically extract you
This is the AI news cycle now. Gotta love the new normal
maybe it wants to draw attention to it being really bad time to do that since investigation will likely be dropped and it might also make it difficult to do it later due to precedent. Coming administration will be completely corrupt and expecting anything else is delusional.
FWIW, the direction of corruption depends on who is paying. If Microsoft doesn't play ball but Amazon or Google or whoever else want to "tip" some members of the administration in exchange for "fairly" investigating a rival, I could possibly see it going somewhere.
I spread them on toast and then eat them with a nice cup of tea