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Home / News / Business News / Big Tech on trial: Key moments from the historic hearing
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    Big Tech on trial: Key moments from the historic hearing

    Shubham Sharma
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    Big Tech on trial: Key moments from the historic hearing
  • On Wednesday, Big Tech went on trial as the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook appeared before Congress for a hearing on antitrust.

    The four leaders were grilled on allegations that at some point or other they exploited their market power and dominance to crush smaller competitors while not making the best decisions for consumers.

    Here are the highlights of what went down.

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    Jeff Bezos did not speak for the first two hours He also dodged questions multiple times Zuckerberg was hammered over Facebook's acquisition of Instagram Content handling became a point of question Sundar Pichai also got questions around bias Questions over pulling out of US government contracts Tim Cook got App Store related questions We treat every developer the same, Cook said
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    Jeff Bezos did not speak for the first two hours

    Jeff Bezos did not speak for the first two hours
  • The highly anticipated testimony of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was hit by his broken audio feed for 2 hours.

    Later on, however, he answered questions about Amazon's pricing and clarified that they acquire businesses for market position.

    On the allegations of using seller data, Bezos said they have the policy to prevent that but "I can't guarantee you that policy has never been violated."

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    He also dodged questions multiple times

  • On multiple questions during the hearing, including those regarding the acquisition of Diapers.com a decade ago, Bezos said he could not answer the question or not recall the incident the question was related to.

  • #2

    Zuckerberg was hammered over Facebook's acquisition of Instagram

    Zuckerberg was hammered over Facebook's acquisition of Instagram
  • As many expected, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was grilled over his company's acquisition of Instagram.

    The panel produced his internal emails, calling Instagram 'disruptive' and implying that he wanted to neutralize the competition, among other things.

    In his defense, Zuckerberg pointed out that the deal was approved by the FTC at that time, and "it was not a guarantee that Instagram was going to succeed."

  • #3

    Content handling became a point of question

  • Content handling was a major point of discussion, with Republican lawmakers alleging the case of censorship and bias against conservatives, while Democrats accusing failure to censor hate speech.

    Zuckerberg, in response, said that Facebook is "one of the companies that defends free expression the most" and that it is no arbiter of truth but also remains focused on weeding out hateful content.

  • #4

    Sundar Pichai also got questions around bias

    Sundar Pichai also got questions around bias
  • Bias was also among the questions Google's Sundar Pichai faced, with Rep. Gregory Steube, a Florida Republican, claiming that Google's Gmail marked his campaign emails to supporters, including parents, as spam.

    "There is nothing in the algorithm that has anything to do with political ideology," Pichai answered, noting that "We do get complaints across the aisle."

    Questions even went to Google's defense contracts.

  • #5

    Questions over pulling out of US government contracts

  • Pichai also faced questions regarding Google's decision to leave US military contracts following employee backlash while still conducting operations in China and benefiting them.

    In response, Pichai noted, Google's work in China is "very, very limited" and the company is "deeply committed to supporting the US military and the US government." He added Google was still working with the US government on several contracts.

  • #6

    Tim Cook got App Store related questions

    Tim Cook got App Store related questions
  • Tim Cook fielded questions related to Apple's App Store rules, favoring certain developers, and the commission charged from them.

    He said App Store rules are transparent and its fee, which is similar to that charged by others, has not increased since the 'feature' debuted years ago.

    Cook also said they did reduce commission for some developers (Amazon Prime Video) if they met certain conditions.

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    We treat every developer the same, Cook said

  • "We treat every developer the same. We have open and transparent rules," Cook said, in his testimony, adding that "We have fierce competition on the developer side and the customer side — it's so competitive, I would describe it as street fight for market share."

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