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Antitrust in the Digital Age: A Tale of Two Agencies - American Affairs Journal

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You have reached your limit of 1 free article this month. Please subscribe to receive unlimited access to this site. Already have an account? Sign In. American Affairs Journal D uring the past few years, antitrust law has gone from an academic concern discussed primarily in the corridors of law schools to a marquee issue in today’s political debate. Driving this shift are the recent enforcement actions against Big Tech. Silicon Valley giants have caught the ire of our primary antitrust enforcers, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), state attorneys general, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). These cases make sense. Tech markets are becoming increasingly concentrated, and the major platform companies are at the center of it. For instance, Google has cornered nearly 90 percent of the search engine and ad tech market, and Apple almost completely dominates the mobile smartphone and app distribution markets. These developments have the DOJ and a slew of state attorney general off

Summer 2024 / Volume VIII, Number 2 D uring the past few years, antitrust law has gone from an academic concern discussed primarily in the corridors of law schools to a marquee issue in today’s political debate. Driving this shift are the recent enforcement actions against Big Tech. Silicon Valley giants have caught the ire of our primary antitrust enforcers, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), state attorneys general, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). These cases make sense. Tech markets are becoming increasingly concentrated, and the major platform companies are at the center of

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