Trump's antitrust point man could reshape Big Tech cases against Google and Apple if confirmed

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President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department's Antitrust Division testified before the Senate on Wednesday in a confirmation hearing that could shape the future direction of the government's fight against Big Tech. If confirmed, Adam Candeub, a longtime telecommunications law scholar and former Federal Communications Commission general counsel, would take control of some of the most consequential antitrust cases in decades, including the Justice Department’s landmark lawsuits targeting Google’s dominance in online search and Apple’s control over the App Store and its rules for developers. The cases could determine how aggressively the government pursues antitrust cases against the country's largest technology companies. FOX NEWS POLL: MOVE OVER BIG BROTHER, VOTERS SEE BIG TECH AS GREATER THREAT TO US As head of the Antitrust Division, Candeub would oversee those cases and decide whether to continue the Justice Department's aggressive antitrust efforts against the largest technology companies. Candeub has emerged as one of the conservative movement’s most prominent critics of Big Tech , arguing that dominant online platforms have accumulated too much power and that regulators have historically overlooked the larger impact of technology companies on competition, speech and public discourse. "Big Tech’s market power undermines our nation’s culture of vibrant democratic deliberation," Candeub testified before Congress in March 2023. "Elon Musk’s Twitter files demonstrated that Big Tech has indeed limited particular groups, including dissenters, from important government policies from full participation in national political discussions. "This power to exclude threatens all Americans," Candeub continued. "Power to silence one group of Americans will be used sooner or later to silence another." META MEDICARE SCAM ADS TARGETING SENIORS FACE SCRUTINY Candeub has pushed for changes to Section 230 , the federal law that protects online platforms from being he…