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 …
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here's a trusty "handbook" to get a preview of what the CEO's are going to say todayhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-congress-what-to-know.html …
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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 …
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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 todayhttps://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007262236/congress-tech-antitrust-hearings-live.html …
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already starting the morning off strongpic.twitter.com/uvx72NVBSa
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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_ushttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony/the-ceos-will-testify-remotely-using-ciscos-webex-videoconferencing …6 replies 18 retweets 112 likesShow this thread -
pupdate from the house of blogginpic.twitter.com/PyMzN93tae
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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.@davidcicillinepic.twitter.com/vD9AHYRhQK
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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
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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)
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antitrust is only an issue, per precedent, if you can argue consumers are being harmed. this kind of censorship is clearly one such argument.
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