With just days to go before the election, The Hill is breaking down where the two major presidential candidates align and diverge when it comes to tech issues.
When asked to comment on their policy stances, a Trump campaign senior advisor said that the former president was the “clear choice,” arguing Harris’s agenda has “stifled innovation.”
The Harris campaign did not respond to The Hill’s request.
During the end of Trump’s first term, his Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took aim at Big Tech, bringing antitrust suits against Google and Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company.
The two agencies have ramped up antitrust enforcement under Biden, bringing a second case against Google in addition to cases against Amazon and Apple. In a major win for the administration, a federal judge ruled in August that Google maintained an illegal monopoly over online search.
Trump’s record on antitrust, as well as his running mate’s previous comments on the issue, could potentially signal an interest in continuing the trend of increased enforcement.
It remains unclear how much Harris's approach to antitrust will align with Biden's approach.
As part of her platform, Harris has promised to “crack down on anti-competitive practices that let big corporations jack up prices and undermine the competition that allows all businesses to thrive while keeping prices low for consumers.”
Read more on where they stood on other tech policies at TheHill.com.
