Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“I have documented how President Trump has been Big Tech’s greatest supporter abroad, shaking down other countries to remove taxes and regulations on U.S. technology firms. He has also delivered for the industry at home. A new report from Public Citizen looks at 142 federal investigations against tech corporations that were handed over to Trump from the Biden administration, for a host of securities, labor, consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and other violations. According to the analysis, 47 of the 142 investigations, nearly 1 in 3, have been either halted or withdrawn, including examinations of Activision, eBay, Hewlett Packard, Meta, Microsoft, PayPal, Rocket Mortgage, SpaceX, Telsa, and more. While investigations do not connote definitive misconduct, the scale of the effort suggests alternative motivations, including the over $1 billion in political spending tech firms have made over the past two years.” (08/14/25)