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The CEOs of Facebook, Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google and Apple were to have testified on Monday before the House Antitrust Subcommittee.
A congressional listening to on digital market opposition proposing the chief executives of 4 of the biggest American tech organizations has been rescheduled for Wednesday, a House subcommittee stated on Saturday.
The CEOs of Facebook, Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google and Apple have been to have testified on Monday earlier than the House Antitrust Subcommittee. But the listening to used to be postponed for the mendacity in kingdom at the Capitol Building of the late Representative John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement.
A subcommittee announcement issued on Saturday stated the session now would be held on Wednesday and that witnesses and contributors ought to show up in character or virtually.
All 4 tech corporation CEOs - Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook - are to show up virtually, the announcement said.
The subcommittee of the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether or not the corporations actively are looking for to damage and remove smaller rivals.
"Given the central function these companies play in the lives of the American people, it is necessary that their CEOs are forthcoming," Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and David Cecilline, the subcommittee chairman, stated in a joint statement.
The CEOs are predicted to deflect criticism of their use of market strength to injury competitors through announcing they themselves face opposition and via debunking claims that they are so dominant.
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