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Amazon and Google face antitrust questions

The Justice Department and FTC have split oversight over Amazon and Google as a possible antitrust investigation looms. Google alone has faced three fines in Europe for violating antitrust laws, and some U.S. lawmakers are call for big tech companies to break up. Charlotte Slaiman, former FTC antitrust enforcement attorney and now policy counsel for competition at Public Knowledge, joined CBSN to explain how antitrust investigations work.

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