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Biden’s antitrust brain trust

Recode Daily

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9

Hi, everybody.

0:30.9

Adam here.

0:31.9

Today is my last pick from the Recode Daily Archives.

0:36.0

One of the major topics we cover here at Recode is antitrust regulation and the idea of breaking

0:41.1

up big tech.

0:42.8

This week we saw some major moves that raised a few red flags, Amazon Bot MGM, for instance.

0:49.2

And the question about what President Biden thinks about the matter and what his administration

0:53.7

is actually doing about it has yet to be fully answered.

0:57.6

But earlier this year, we got some insight into some of Biden's hiring choices and those

1:02.4

confirmations are now working their way through the Senate, which just might signal changes

1:06.8

for companies like Facebook and Apple in the not too distant future.

1:10.8

Here is Teddy Schleifer and Jason Del Rey.

1:17.8

Joe Biden has started filling up his administration with some big tech, big critics.

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