Big Tech's privacy practices in spotlight at Sessions' meeting with prosecutors

One of the questions facing state and federal governments concerned by how Silicon Valley standouts like Facebook and Google protect — and profit from — their users’ data is what kind of leverage prosecutors have against the firms through antitrust laws.

Finding an answer was among the focal points of a meeting that Attorney General Jeff Sessions convened Tuesday with representatives from the offices of 14 state attorneys general amid growing scrutiny of the companies on Capitol Hill.