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The FTC has found an antimonopoly investigation into Microsoft , accordingtomultiplereportsthat corroborate earlierreportingby the Financial Times .
The agency is said to be look into whether Microsoft violated antimonopoly law in multiple segments of its occupation , including its public swarm , AI , and cybersecurity intersection lines . Of particular sake to the FTC is the way Microsoftbundles its cloud productswith its office and security tools , say The New York Times .
As it observe , the aggressive move comes as the FTC ’s chair , Lina Khan , is likely to depart once Donald Trump enters government agency .
It ’s indecipherable if Trump will continue President Joe Biden ’s energy to rein in in bragging technical school companies . Under Biden , the FTC action Amazon and Meta , accusing them of stifle rivals , while the Justice Department process Google over its dominance in advertizement technology and Apple for making it difficult for customers to allow its Cartesian product ecosystem .
