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4 BIG TECH CEOS GETTING HEAT FROM CONGRESS ON COMPETITION

Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — answered for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry.

The powerful executives defended their companies as buttressing competition and offering essential services to consumers.

The four CEOs testified remotely for a hearing Wednesday by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, continued to denounce the big tech companies, which he has accused, without evidence, of bias against him and conservatives in general. In a tweet, he challenged Congress to crack down on the companies.

“If Congress doesn’t bring fairness to Big

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