Call to the Barr: The Tipline for 24 January 2023

Former White House advisor Tim Wu says some of the anti-Big Tech rhetoric from some Republicans in Congress is not matching their willingness to vote. Progressives criticised much of William Barr’s two tenures in charge of the Department of Justice, but the government retiree has followed in President Biden’s footsteps by taking to the opinion section of the Wall Street Journal to call for a crackdown on the largest technology companies.