White House readies executive order to investigate tech companies

By Allison Elyse Gualtieri

Published September 22, 2018 3:13pm ET

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White House readies executive order to investigate tech companies — Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, left, accompanied by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are sworn in before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill in D.C. | (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The White House is reportedly working on an executive order that would start an investigation into tech companies on antitrust grounds.

Bloomberg reported Saturday that the organization obtained a draft order that would prompt an investigation by antitrust authorities to investigate online platforms as well as ask other agencies to recommend government actions that could “protect competition among online platforms and address online platform bias.”

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