Microsoft on 'Right Side' of antitrust battle, says CEO Satya Nadella

Nadella said he is concerned about the wave of hacks in the past few months

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said the company “is on the right side of history” in the antitrust debates about whether big technology companies abuse user privacy and squash competition.

While Congress and U.S. regulators have clashed with Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. over the companies’ business practices, Microsoft hasn’t received the same kind of scrutiny more than 20 years after it was sued by the U.S. Justice Department on antitrust issues.

The software company “makes sure” user privacy and internet safety are among its highest priorities for products “and then when it comes to competition,