'Too much power': Congress grills top tech CEOs in combative antitrust hearing
by Dominic Rushe and Kari Paul from on (#56AAH)
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The US's top tech bosses were told they have too much power", are censoring political speech, spreading fake news and killing" the engines of the American economy, at a combative congressional hearing on Wednesday.
The historic hearing in Washington saw Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google's parent Alphabet appear before members of the House judiciary's antitrust subcommittee and face intense questioning from lawmakers from both sides of the aisle.
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