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Good morning! the @nytimes technology desk is covering today's Big Tech marathon hearings via live briefing. Follow along below for the latest updates: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony
here's a trusty "handbook" to get a preview of what the CEO's are going to say today https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-congress-what-to-know.html
TikTok is bracing for searing criticism today, and rightly so. (Facebook plans to point to TT early and often.)
So TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer decided to make a preemptive strike statement. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony/big-techs-rivals-are-speaking-out-ahead-of-the-hearing
So TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer decided to make a preemptive strike statement. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony/big-techs-rivals-are-speaking-out-ahead-of-the-hearing
to watch the hearings live while you follow our running commentary in another window — like some team of techie John Maddens — the video stream is below while the live briefing is the link in the first tweet
sorry in advance for my tweets today https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007262236/congress-tech-antitrust-hearings-live.html
sorry in advance for my tweets today https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007262236/congress-tech-antitrust-hearings-live.html
already starting the morning off strong
all of the CEO's will be appearing remotely. and while each of their companies own a streaming video service of some kind, none of them are being used, per @Kellen_Browning. instead? the return of WEBEX.
sorry @zoom_us https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony/the-ceos-will-testify-remotely-using-ciscos-webex-videoconferencing
sorry @zoom_us https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony/the-ceos-will-testify-remotely-using-ciscos-webex-videoconferencing
pupdate from the house of bloggin
this hearing, starting now, has been long in the making. that's @linamkhan sitting to Cicciline's right. Khan has been very much a part of working towards the inquiry today.
"Simply put, they have too much power." — Rep. @davidcicilline
"Simply put, they have too much power." — Rep. @davidcicilline
Rep. Sensenbrenner (Republican, WI) makes a comment that Mark Zuckerberg is going to make later in his opening remarks: "Being big is not inherently bad" in the world of business
Facebook knows how to appeal to the party of free-marketeers
Facebook knows how to appeal to the party of free-marketeers
Rep. Jordan goes all in on "Big Tech is censoring conservatives" line of argument. guess an antitrust only hearing is already out the window.
Also Jordan cross examining twitter, which is a fraction in market cap of the rest of these companies (and not invited to testify)
Also Jordan cross examining twitter, which is a fraction in market cap of the rest of these companies (and not invited to testify)
uhhhhh it is already chaos
And there's the front page image:
can someone tell the inept youtuber they hired to film this to zoom in on each CEO while they testify for god's sake
"the people who manage the net", would be a good sandra bullock vehicle
wow. Mark Zuckerberg namechecks PATH at a congressional hearing
jesus, now Rep. Buck just mentioned RapGenius
weird day
weird day
Bezos' big moment on Cap Hill and no one is talking to him
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Steube — who is dressed in a plum suit? — veering wildly into conspiracy theories that Google targeted the congressman himself by blocking some websites from his view??
Rep. Steube now asking the Google CEO tech support questions on behalf of his dad (not a joke)
We have reached bipartisan-level status on the issue of "why are my emails going to spam"
reaching across the aisle CAN happen
reaching across the aisle CAN happen
six hours of the world's most powerful people talking over each other
life is a neverending zoom meeting
life is a neverending zoom meeting
Lmao — "We'd like to redirect you to antitrust law instead of fringe conspiracy theories" — Rep. Scanlon
holy moley, jordan just lost it
holy moley, jordan just lost it
it's diaper time baby
