The prominent seating of tech titans, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, at President Donald Trump‘s inauguration drew lots of notice. A fourth attendee at the Jan. 20 event, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, spurred less attention but provided a major clue about the Trump administration‘s legal and regulatory approach to Big Tech, an on-again, off-again rhetorical target of the president.
Amazon founder Bezos and Meta honcho Zuckerberg, who were once Trump critics, symbolize a much friendlier billionaire-class approach in Trump’s second term. Musk, the world’s richest person, is, of course, part of the Trump administration, as he leads its Department of Government Efficiency.
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