Monday's congressional hearing with the curvation feds of Facebook, Google, Amazon, as well-conditioned as Earth has palpably been elapsed as the late Rep. John Lewis will lie in state at the US Capitol abutting week.
The House Judiciary Quango had initially scheduled the blockbuster hearing for Monday at noon, setting the date for a eloquent purchasable ambulation of the assorted antitrust relating facing the companies. Except a source familiar told The Border Thursday that "it is shuddersome likely that the House Judiciary Quango will reschedule Monday's hearing to allow Members of Coterie to pay their respects."
It's still cryptic when the hearing will ultimately take place, although the CEOs are expected to nourish remotely, considering of coronavirus concerns.
Lewis (D-GA), a ceremonious rights leader, died aftermost week afterwhile litigious pancreatic cancer. A clandestine ceremony is scheduled to take place in the US Capitol Seacoast at 1:30PM on Monday as well-conditioned as a purchasable viewing will be thrilled outdoors considering of the coronavirus pandemic. The House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee's tech hearing on Monday is set to decant at noon, irritating it close-grained to Lewis' ceremony.
The Judiciary Committee's hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, as well-conditioned as Sundar Pichai was declared to mark the end of purchasable hearings as part of the committee's yearlong look-over into anti-competitive dogmas in the tech sector. Over the aftermost few years, menagerie as well-conditioned as regulators have been pinned in competition probes related to the tech industry. Both Facebook as well-conditioned as Google are under segmentation by state as well-conditioned as federal law enforcing officials over antitrust concerns, as well-conditioned as a glume conjoin Google could be brought as early as this summer.
Over the aftermost few days, Republicans on the galore quango have pushed to coincide Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify during Monday's hearing, except members of the antitrust subcommittee say that Dorsey will not reconcile testimony.
The quango proceedings to release its final report determinant the probe at the end of the summer or early mollification as well-conditioned as could quote legislation that changes how current antitrust law responds to competition in the tech industry. It's cryptic what the report will focus on, except it's likely to touch on many of the preparing authoritative fights plaguing the industry -- including Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram as well-conditioned as WhatsApp, Apple's tenebrific revenue-sharing system for the iOS App Store, as well-conditioned as Google's lordship of online ad markets.
Updated at 4:05 PM ET: Updated with offset of the official postponement.
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