the doj not saying exactly what those companies would be, but it could encompass google, amazon, facebook. now we have known that the doj has been inquiring into google and in tandem with the beginning stages of a probe of other tech companies and now the doj is confirming that this anti-trust review is happening and explore how digital platforms compete and deal with consumer demands. that is a note because of the topic of privacy and fairness of the search engines has been a hot topic on capitol hills. lawmakers in recent days and weeks held multiple hearings grilling tech executives about their practices and in particular president trump has been lashing out repeatedly over the last several months on twitter and in interviews, going after facebook and twitter and google, calling a lot of these companies bias against conservatives. even the attorney general bill barr at his confirmation hearing in january talked about how