Tuesday 28 July 2020

What Congress should as at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

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A few minutes after I sent out Thursday’s newsletter previewing this week’s antitrust hearing, news came that the event would be postponed to accommodate the memorial for Rep. John Lewis. Indeed it was, but only for two days: the hearing will now take place on Wednesday, and you can stream it here.

The bad news is that the entire tech-and-democracy world will now be sitting around for another two days twiddling our thumbs while we wait for the social networking event of the summer. The good news is that the extra time will give Congress more opportunities to consider their approach to navigating a strange hearing in which the CEOs of four very different but similarly successful companies will take questions about monopolies,...

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source https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/7/28/21340359/tech-antitrust-hearing-questions-answers-apple-amazon-facebook-google

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