Jonathan Kanter, who heads up the Justice Department’s antitrust division, believes that antitrust laws are critical for innovation — from ad tech to A.I. The assistant attorney general is bringing a new philosophy to enforcing those laws. So, how is his new approach to protecting competition playing out? Plus: Can you guess whether that was a bot, or not? On today’s episode: Jonathan Kanter is the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Additional reading: Jonathan Kanter has long been a critic of big tech. The Justice Department has accused Google of abusing a monopoly over online advertising.