Sina Science and Technology News on the morning of July 21, Beijing time, US media reported on Tuesday that US President Joe Biden would be nominated.GoogleJonathan Knater, a longtime critic of the antitrust lawyer, is in charge of the antitrust division of the Justice Department.
Cantor has worked with Google in a number of companiesHe represents these companies in antitrust lawsuits and opened his own law firm last year. If confirmed by the Senate, Cantor will take over a series of cases against large technology companies led by the U.S. Department of Justice, including an antitrust lawsuit against Google last October. The case accuses Google of establishing an illegal monopoly in the digital advertising market.
"Cantor is an outstanding antitrust lawyer with more than 20 years of experience," the White House said in a press release on Tuesday. Throughout his career, Cantor has been a leading advocate and expert in promoting strong and meaningful antitrust enforcement and policies. "
At present, the U.S. Department of Justice is still working onAppleAnd its app store launched a comprehensive antitrust investigation into the developer's regulations.
Biden's nomination of Cantor marks an important step forward in the U.S. government's antitrust enforcement, especially for the technology industry. Earlier this year, Biden also nominated Lina Khan as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The latter is the pioneer of antitrust in the technology industry, as well as the widely used. "AmazonThe author of the legal document "Anti-monopoly Paradox". Another legal expert advocating antitrust action, Wu Xiuming (Tim Wu), is currently a member of the National Economic Council.
Cantor has a close relationship with Lena Khan and Wu Xiuming. Unlike FTC, which needs a majority of votes to carry out antitrust enforcement, Mr Cantor, as deputy justice secretary, can sue on his own to block mergers and acquisitions.
Earlier this month, Biden also signed an executive order to promote market competition, which also focuses on technology companies. The executive order calls for "stricter scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions, especially for the dominant Internet platforms." Particular attention needs to be paid to acquisitions of emerging competitors, successive mergers, data accumulation, competition through 'free' products, and the impact on user privacy. The decree also called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the FTC to issue new rules to promote policy goals such as the "right to repair" and network neutrality.