“Just because a business is big doesn’t mean it’s bad.”
That assessment of tech sector titans by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) cut to the chase during a hearing convened by a House Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday. The session—the second in an ongoing series on potential antitrust trespasses at Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, and others—addressed, in large part, whether government action was needed to address what critics perceive as the anti-competitive, entrepreneur-chilling effects these companies trigger with their size and scope.
