The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a broad antitrust probe into Microsoft, examining potential abuse of market power in productivity software and punitive licensing terms in its cloud computing business. The investigation was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan before her expected departure.
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The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan ahead of her likely departure in January. The election of Donald Trump as US president, and the expectation he will appoint a fellow Republican with a softer approach toward business, leaves the outcome of the investigation up in the air. NetChoice, a lobbying group that represents online companies including Amazon and Google, which compete with Microsoft in cloud computing, criticized Microsoft’s licensing policies, and its integration of AI tools into its Office and Outlook.
The FTC has demanded a broad range of detailed information from Microsoft, Bloomberg reported earlier on Wednesday. Facebook owner Meta Platforms, Apple, and Amazon.com Inc. have all been accused by the US of unlawfully maintaining monopolies.
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