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Congressional Legislation on Big Tech is Forthcoming

The U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline (D-RI) issued a statement shortly after the Committee marked up and approved the Committee’s report which after a 16 month investigation examined the state of competition within the digital economy.

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Apple Gets Legislative Victory in North Dakota For Now

The North Dakota senate voted 36-11 in opposition of advancing a bill that would have required app stores to enable software developers to use their own payment processing software, thus avoiding fees issued by both Google and Apple. This is the first bill of its kind in that this proposed legislation sought to address these tech giants and the fees they charge, which include in-app purchases of digital items.

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Big Tech Company Executives Pressed On Capitol Hill On Their Market Influence 

On July 29th four of the biggest tech companies, CEOs testified in front of Congress. Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Sundar Pichai of Google all took questions from the U.S House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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Tech Companies to Testify At House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on July 27th

The House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee has scheduled a July 27, 2020 hearing for the CEO’s of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook (Big Tech) to testify regarding the Committee’s ongoing investigation of digital marketplace competition. The hearing is titled “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple.

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