Lawmakers slam Big Tech as CEOs grilled at antitrust

Lawmakers slam Big Tech as CEOs grilled at antitrust hearing

Energy Daily

Published 31 Jul 2020

Washington (AFP) July 29, 2020

Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook are too powerful and will likely emerge from the coronavirus pandemic even stronger, the head of a US congressional antitrust committee said Wednesday at a high-stakes hearing which featured a grilling of the CEOs of the four US tech giants. Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google appeared jointly by

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Lawmakers slam Big Tech as CEOs grilled at antitrust hearing

Lawmakers slam Big Tech as CEOs grilled at antitrust hearing

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