Biden’s antitrust brain trust

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🗓️ 28 May 2021

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Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains why President Biden’s early hires signal an administration serious about taking on Big Tech. Read Jason’s story on Lina Khan. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.7	Hi, everybody. Adam here. Today is my last pick from the Recode Daily Archives. One of the
0:26.1	major topics we cover here at Recode is antitrust regulation and the idea of breaking up
0:31.3	big tech. This week, we saw some major moves that raised a few red flags, Amazon bought
0:36.7	MGM, for instance. And the question
0:39.5	about what President Biden thinks about the matter and what his administration is actually doing
0:44.5	about it has yet to be fully answered. But earlier this year, we got some insight into some
0:50.5	of Biden's hiring choices, and those confirmations are now working their way through
0:54.2	the Senate, which just might signal changes for companies like Facebook and Apple in the not-too-distant
0:59.7	future. Here is Teddy Schleifer and Jason Del Rey.
1:07.3	Joe Biden has started filling up his administration with some big tech, big critics.
1:13.7	And it raises questions about what exactly Biden is going to do in his White House when it comes to Silicon Valley.
1:20.1	Recode's Jason Del Rey has been reporting on this. Hey, Jason. Hey, Teddy.
1:23.7	So over the last week or so, Biden is moving to nominate two people who send a pretty surprising and big signal about where he is on Silicon Valley issues.
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