Publication/Creation Date

July 30 2020

Creators/Contributors

Margaret O’Mara (creator)
Amazon, Inc. (contributor)
Jeff Bezos (contributor)
Facebook (contributor)
Mark Zuckerberg (contributor)
Apple Inc. (contributor)
Tim Cook (contributor)
Google Inc. (contributor)
Sundar Pichai (contributor)

Description

"On Wednesday, Representative David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, opened a half-virtual hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power” with a combative opening statement: “Our founders would not bow before a king. Nor should we bow before the emperors of the online economy.”

That set the tone for the hours of sharp questioning of four of the wealthiest people on the planet: Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Sundar Pichai of Google and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, whose companies have a combined market value roughly equivalent to the G.D.P. of Japan."

Augments

Communicating, Regulating

Technology Keywords

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Algorithms , Social Networks

Keywords

Communication, Politics, Law, Government, Ethics, Power

Marketing Keywords

Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Silicon Valley

Source

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/sunday/tech-congress-hearings-facebook.html