Saturday, 25 July 2020

Antitrust hearing with CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple rescheduled to Wednesday

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

A congressional hearing with the chief executives of Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple has been rescheduled for noon Eastern time on Wednesday. Originally scheduled for Monday, the hearing was bumped back a few days to allow members of Congress to pay respects to the late Rep. John Lewis, who died July 17th. Lewis will lie in state at the US Capitol next week.

The House Judiciary Committee hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai will focus on the various antitrust issues each CEO’s company is dealing with. It’s part of a yearlong investigation into the tech sector’s anti-competitive behavior. The hearing will be conducted remotely to adhere to coronavirus social distancing guidelines. Twitter CEO Jack...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/25/21338238/antitrust-hearing-ceos-facebook-amazon-google-apple-rescheduled

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