Big Tech to Spur Global Antitrust Rewrite in 2020

If 2019 was the year of the techlash, 2020 is poised to be the year of the global antitrust rewrite, as countries worldwide retool their laws to confront Big Tech.

Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and other tech giants are facing increased criticism from antitrust regulators over their expanding power, particularly their control over troves of data.

Heading into 2020, some countries have signaled that their displeasure with the tech industry isn’t just talk. Regulators from the U.S. to the U.K. to Australia have warned that they plan to take action to rein in the power of Silicon Valley’s biggest ...