WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), along with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons regarding allegations of potentially anticompetitive practices and conduct by online platforms toward content creators and emerging competitors. The inquiry stemmed from a recent Wall Street Journal report that Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google...
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