Sessions open to probe of social media giants, sources say
WASHINGTON _ Attorney General Jeff Sessions is exploring a potential investigation of social media companies and will be briefed on Sept. 25 by Republican state attorneys general who are already examining the companies' practices, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The meeting _ which will include a representative of the Justice Department's antitrust division _ is intended to help Sessions decide if there's a federal case to be made against companies such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. for violating consumer or antitrust laws, the people said. They asked not to be identified discussing the matter because of its sensitivity.
Sessions hasn't made up his mind about whether to proceed, the people said. At least one of the attorneys general participating in the meeting has indicated he seeks to break up the companies.
_Bloomberg News
