Google Urges Trump DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company
Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump's Justice Department to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, citing national security concerns. The company has previously raised these concerns in public, but is re-upping them in discussions with the department under Trump because the case is in its second stage. Google argues that the proposed remedies would harm the American economy and national security.
- This highlights the tension between regulating large tech companies to protect competition and innovation, versus allowing them to operate freely to drive economic growth.
- How will the decision by the Trump administration on this matter impact the role of government regulation in the tech industry, particularly with regard to issues of antitrust and national security?