With a new executive order on competition, President Biden is taking on the tech giants, with or without Congress behind him
5G isn’t just for consumers – it will be a gamechanger for enterprise as well. That’s why Ligado is developing a 5G Mobile Private Network solution that customizes 5G connectivity and bolsters security for the factories, farms, hospitals and utilities that keep America running.Friday’s executive order on competition wasn’t just a huge sign that Biden isn’t going to shy away from using executive power to promote competition throughout the economy.
which falls under the FTC’s jurisdiction but has traditionally not been associated with antitrust regulation. It’s a sign of how closely linked the two matters have become in the digital age, as major tech platforms amass troves of data about their users. The House is continuing to jockey over revisions to the antitrust package, which, as of late last month, House Majority Leader
said wasn’t ready for floor consideration. But regardless of what happens on the Hill, Biden’s order indicates he may not be afraid to accomplish some of these changes on his own.It’s almost guaranteed that there will be legal challenges, and it’s not clear whether some of these executive actions that seem to broaden the scope of antitrust scrutiny will hold up in the courts, which have had very different ideas about antitrust over the decades.
, even as tech companies are in need of all the Washington influence they can muster. In short, IA is “irrelevant,” one Democratic congressional aide told her.IA used to call itself “the unified voice of the internet economy,” but that’s become an increasingly untenable position as tech-world infighting has worsened. Smaller companies often find themselves at odds with the industry’s giants, which are better resourced to deal with policy changes.
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