The big tech companies enjoyed a cozy relationship with the Obama-Biden administration. Biden is back now, but times have changed, and Big Tech is hardly expecting a return to those halcyon days. — AP
WASHINGTON: The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America’s tech companies – a moment when they were lionised as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone.
Now Joe Biden is coming back, this time as president. But times have changed. The halcyon days of an adoring Washington are unlikely to return when Biden takes the oath of office in January, with mounting legislative and regulatory challenges to the industry – including stronger enforcement of antitrust laws – nearly certain to outlast the tenure of US President Donald Trump.
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