Senate on Tuesday The generation of Slater, President Trump’s candidate was approved The leadership of the Anti-Monopath Department at the Ministry of Justice, with a vote of 78-19.
Mrs. Salter, a veteran technology and media lawyer, has pledged to question the power of companies throughout the economy, and she was particularly critical of the strength in the technology industry.
In its confirmation session, She was concerned about the dominance of some online platforms, Adding that someone can disappear from the Internet quite easily. “
Its confirmation comes in Wall Street and Silicon Valley to see if the Trump administration is communicating Adwan scrutiny It is American companies to follow during the era of former President Joseph R. Biden Junior.
Mrs. Salter inherits two prayers in the Ministry of Justice against Google. The first, which It was presented in 2020 under the first Trump administrationIt is a prominent situation in it A judge spent last year that Google was a monopoly In search. The judge is still thinking The second caseThe government claimed that Google’s control of advertising technology is anti -competition.
Friday, the Ministry of Justice She continued her aggressive approach To the case of Google Search, its repetition of the Biden era is to force the company to sell its famous browser in the Chrome. The judge is to be held in this case in April to hear arguments from both sides on how to fix the problem.
The Ministry of Justice also filed a lawsuit against last year Apple on the claims Its tightly coherent system for devices and programs makes it difficult for consumers to leave.
Washington’s lawyer for a long time I worked previously For the Internet Association, a closed group representing large technology companies such as Google and Meta, as well as Roku and Fox Corp. worked. She also worked as a advisor to Vice President JD Vance while working in the Senate, and worked in the National Economic Council during the first period of Mr. Trump.
