Can Trump trust-bust the tech giants?

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The largest Internet companies are abusing their market dominance to “censor” political conservatives and downrank their content, President Trump has alleged in a weeks-long rebuke of once-sacrosanct Silicon Valley.

Although there’s no indication yet of government action, there’s a clear avenue to challenge the companies using anti-trust law, particularly against ad giants Facebook and Google, which along with Twitter have been the subjects of Trump’s criticism.

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