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Congress grills Big Tech over competition, money and power

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and
MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writers
Big Tech faced tough
questions this week as fed-
eral lawmakers focused
on issues of potentially an-
ticompetitive behavior by
technology giants and ex-
pressed bipartisan skepti-
cism over Facebook's plan
for a new digital currency.
Companies such as Ap-
ple, Google, Facebook
and Amazon have long
enjoyed nearly unbridled
road trip across the United TECH
growth and a mythic stat-
ure as once-scrappy star-
tups — born in garages
and a dorm room and a

States — that grew up to
dominate their rivals. But
as they've grown more FOUL
powerful, critics have also
grown louder, questioning
whether the companies
stifle competition and in-
novation, and if their influ- Facebook Head of Global Policy Development Matt Perault, second from left, testifies alongside Google Director of Economic
ence poses a danger to Policy Adam Cohen, back left, Amazon Associate General Counsel Nate Sutton, second from right, and Apple Vice President for
society. Corporate Law and Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Tuesday, July 16, 2019,
Continued on Next Page on Capitol Hill in Washington. Associated Press