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The meeting was due to examine whether the four firms were too powerful
A showdown between the US government and the four big tech giants – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – is set to be postponed.
The hearing was due to question the companies’ dominance in their fields of e-retail, smartphone software, social media and search.
It is expected to be delayed to allow the politicians to attend a service for the deceased civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis.
A new date has yet to be confirmed.
The development was first reported by Protocol and Reuters, and then confirmed by the FT.
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Have confirmed the tech CEO hearing – scheduled for Monday – is off. Companies now figuring out a new date. Politico reporting Aug 3 as a possibility.
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) July 24, 2020
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Apple’s Tim Cook were due to appear via video link before the antitrust panel of the House of Representatives Judiciary committee.
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The leaders of Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon have more time to prepare for the anti-trust hearing
The meeting would have been be the culmination of a year’s investigation into the companies.
The panel is set to release a report afterwards recommending whether legislation is needed to end the companies’ dominance of their respective sectors.
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