The US government is suing some of the biggest tech companies on the planet – Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta – in antitrust cases. The face of Washington’s crackdown is Federal Trade Commission Chair, Lina Khan, the youngest person ever to hold the post.

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Who is the woman taking on Silicon Valley? And can she succeed? To answer these questions, host Adam Fleming speaks to the BBC's North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury and former North America tech reporter James Clayton.

00:07 Introduction
01:13 What is antitrust?
02:16 Who is Lina Khan?
03:11 Lina Khan joins Biden administration
05:29 US legal complications
06:12 Apple antitrust case
08:06 Amazon antitrust case
09:03 Meta antitrust case
10:46 Zuckerberg vs Khan?
11:17 Google antitrust case
12:55 Potential remedies for US government
13:30 US election impact
14:12 Opinion in Silicon Valley

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