The CEOS of four Big Tech companies disputed accusations of stifling competition during a House committee hearing. But the heads of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple sometimes struggled to answer pointed questions about their business practices.
In its bipartisan investigation, the Judiciary subcommittee collected testimony from mid-level executives of the four firms, competitors and legal experts, and pored over more than a million internal documents from the companies. A key question: whether existing competition policies and century-old antitrust laws are adequate for overseeing the tech giants, or if new legislation and enforcement funding are needed.
He also said that in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, “these giants stand to profit” and become even more powerful as millions shift more of their work and commerce online. Bezos introduced himself, in a way, in his hearing testimony, unusual for the occasion. He laid out his challenging life story growing up in New Mexico as the son of a single mother in high school, and later with an adoptive father who emigrated from Cuba at 16. In a blog post previewing his testimony, Bezos traced his origins as a “garage inventor” who came up with the concept of an online bookstore in 1994.
Zuckerberg has said the company aims to allow as much free expression as possible unless it causes imminent risk of specific harms or damage. “We believe in values — democracy, competition, inclusion and free expression — that the American economy was built on,” he said in prepared testimony. Attorneys general from both parties in 50 states and territories, led by Texas, launched an antitrust investigation of Google in September, focused on its online advertising business.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
4 Big Tech CEOs Getting Heat From Congress on CompetitionFour Big Tech CEOs — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — are set to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry.
続きを読む »
How to watch the tech CEOs' collision with CongressThe CEOs of Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook will testify before House lawmakers Wednesday on allegations their companies are harming consumers by unfairly stifling the competition
続きを読む »
Read: Tech CEOs' opening statements for Wednesday's tech antitrust hearingThe CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet and Apple will testify at a House hearing today. Read their opening statements here 👇
続きを読む »
Opinion | How Big Tech CEOs are manipulating China fears to maintain powerTech CEOs are making an argument that might be in the interests of individual American companies. But it's not in the interests of the American people.
続きを読む »
Four big tech bosses to testify before US CongressAmazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Apple's Tim Cook to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress for the first time as a group
続きを読む »
Congress looks to prove it can keep Big Tech in checkThe questions at Wednesday’s Capitol Hill hearing of four of the most powerful tech CEOs will be focused on the moguls. But lawmakers also have plenty to prove
続きを読む »