Bosses of America's largest tech firms - Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon - to give evidence to members of US Congress

CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos will face questions over whether they are too dominant

Live coverage: https://bbc.in/3f8f1dx 
Mark Zuckerberg is asked if Facebook should take down posts spreading misinformation that drug hydroxychloroquine can cure Covid-19

"We think that we should take that down, that could cause imminent risk of harm"

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Jeff Bezos rejects accusations Amazon was "bullying" small suppliers

"That is not how we operate the business"

Congresswoman Lucy McBath plays a clip to Bezos from a bookseller who says "please help us in earning a livelihood"

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Google is asked if they stole from Yelp and then threatened to delist it

"When I run the company I'm really focused on giving users what they want. We conduct ourselves to the highest standard," responded CEO Sundar Pichai

Live updates: http://bbc.in/3f8f1dx 
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