The CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google spoke remotely to Congress wednesday, facing complaints and influence from primary-generation companies.
The world’s richest man, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, gave the Congress award for the first time.
The first to consult him was Representative Pramilos Angeles Jayapal (D-Wash.), who asked about the company therapy of third-party distributors on the net retailer’s website.
“You can set the rules of the game for your competition, but don’t stick to them yourself. Do you think it’s just for mom and dad sales?” Jayapal asked.
“I’m very proud of what external distributors did on our platform,” Bezos said.
Bezos said Amazon was investigating allegations in a Wall Street Journal report that the company’s label branch staff are data about third-party distributors to expand competing products.
“In the 19th century, we had the robber barons. And in the 21st century, the cyber barons,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
Much of the complaint about Facebok CEO Mark Zuckerberg about content policies.
Republicans said social media silenced conservative voices.
“Great technologies are looking to attract conservatives,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (D-Ohio).
Democrats say companies allow misinformation to spread directly, and worry that tech giants will act as thugs when they buy competition from giant swathes of the market.
The pre-Congress testimobig apple arrives amid calls from both sides of the aisle to dominant generation companies.
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