Review Focuses on Practices that Create or Maintain Structural Impediments to Greater Competition and User Benefits
审查侧重于造成或维持阻碍更大竞争和用户利益的结构性障碍的做法
The Department of Justice announced today that the Department's Antitrust Division is reviewing whether and how market-leading online platforms have achieved market power and are engaging in practices that have reduced competition,stifled innovation,or otherwise harmed consumers.
司法部今天宣布，司法部反托拉斯司正在审查市场领先的在线平台是否以及如何获得市场支配力，以及是否正在从事减少竞争、抑制创新或以其他方式伤害消费者的行为。
The Department's review will consider the widespread concerns that consumers,businesses,and entrepreneurs have expressed about search,social media,and some retail services online.The Department's Antitrust Division is conferring with and seeking information from the public,including industry participants who have direct insight into competition in online platforms,as well as others.
司法部的审查将考虑消费者、企业和企业家对搜索、社交媒体和一些在线零售服务的广泛担忧。司法部的反托拉斯司正在与公众，包括直接了解在线平台竞争情况的行业参与者以及其他人进行磋商，并从他们那里获取信息。
"Without the discipline of meaningful market-based competition,digital platforms may act in ways that are not responsive to consumer demands,"said Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Antitrust Division."The Department's antitrust review will explore these important issues."
反垄断部门的助理司法部长 Makan Delrahim 说:"如果没有有意义的基于市场的竞争纪律，数字平台的行为可能不符合消费者的需求。"。"司法部的反垄断审查将探讨这些重要问题。"
The goal of the Department's review is to assess the competitive conditions in the online marketplace in an objective and fair-minded manner and to ensure Americans have access to free markets in which companies compete on the merits to provide services that users want.If violations of law are identified,the Department will proceed appropriately to seek redress.
该部审查的目的是以客观和公正的方式评估网上市场的竞争条件，并确保美国人能够进入自由市场，在这个市场中，公司凭借自身优势竞争，以提供用户想要的服务。如发现有违法行为，本署会采取适当行动，寻求补救。
来源：美国司法部
