After Big Tech Hearing, Congress Takes Aim but From Different Directions

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This week's big tech hearing underscored the deep discontent in Congress toward giant technology companies, but also divisions about what the problems are and how to address them. In more than five hours of adversarial interrogation before the House Antitrust Subcommittee, the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google owner Alphabet were accused of a range of unfair business practices. But Democrats focused more on the alleged stifling of competition to preserve their dominance, while Republicans honed in more on the platforms’ outsize grip on information and public debate. Members at times dismissed one another’s specific concerns and proposed solutions, making it clear that legislative changes concerning Big Tech aren’t imminent.


After Big Tech Hearing, Congress Takes Aim but From Different Directions