Let a member of Congress make Mark Zuckerberg look identifiable. Opening remarks at Wednesday’s House antitrust hearing had barely cooled down when Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin accused Facebook of temporarily suspending the Donald Trump, Jr. account. There was just one problem, which the Facebook CEO did not He …
Read More »Tech bosses, including Zuckerberg and Bezos, face the Congress grid – live | Technology
Hello Kari Paul, ready to guide you through today’s antitrust hearing, in which Congress will question top Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook executives about their business practices.. Much of the testimony has been published in advance, so we know the main talking points about what the executives will say. Here …
Read More »Facebook attacks ‘disguised as patriotism’
The president of the Direct-to-Consumer & International division of The Walt Disney Company Kevin Mayer participated today in Disney + Showcase at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2019 in Anaheim, California, on August 23, 2019. Jesse Grant TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer is accusing Facebook of using patriotism as an unfair way to …
Read More »Amazon is the quintessential American company
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to promote the company’s job creation and support for small businesses during Wednesday’s antitrust hearing, according to prepared comments released by the company on Tuesday. Bezos will tell the House Antimonopoly Subcommittee that Amazon now employs a million people and that it built an online …
Read More »Zuckerberg will defend the Instagram and WhatsApp agreements before Congress
Facebook President and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a hearing of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee examining the company’s plan to launch a digital currency on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, on Dec. 23. October 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Mark Zuckerberg defended the Facebook acquisitions of Instagram …
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