Apple CEO Tim Cook has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee as part of an antitrust investigation into the company. Also set to testify are Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline confirmed that Cook would be at the hearing in a recent interview with tech reporter Kara Swisher.
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SCOOP: You can officially call it Techopalooza. Rep. David Cicilline has told me in an interview today the four CEOs of the most powerful tech companies in the world – Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon – have agreed to appear at a late July hearing on antitrust. Column coming!
Cicilline, who has become one of the biggest critics of the enormous power tech wields, said that Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook of Apple will testify in front of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee.
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Recently, the European Commission opened two formal investigations into Apple over antitrust complaints. The company's policy of forcing apps to offer subscriptions via in-app purchase has also come under scrutiny over the last few weeks. You can download the iClarified app or follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and RSS for updates on those investigations.
Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline confirmed that Cook would be at the hearing in a recent interview with tech reporter Kara Swisher.
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SCOOP: You can officially call it Techopalooza. Rep. David Cicilline has told me in an interview today the four CEOs of the most powerful tech companies in the world – Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon – have agreed to appear at a late July hearing on antitrust. Column coming!
Cicilline, who has become one of the biggest critics of the enormous power tech wields, said that Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook of Apple will testify in front of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee.
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Recently, the European Commission opened two formal investigations into Apple over antitrust complaints. The company's policy of forcing apps to offer subscriptions via in-app purchase has also come under scrutiny over the last few weeks. You can download the iClarified app or follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and RSS for updates on those investigations.