US lawmakers, united in their ire, lash out at big tech’s leaders

It was the first hearing for some time where Dems and Reps acted as if they had a common foe, though for different reasons. Dems criticized the tech cos for buying startups to stifle them and for unfairly using data to clone and kill off competitors, while Reps questioned whether the platforms had muzzled conservative viewpoints and were unpatriotic.

from Tech-Economic Times https://ift.tt/30T4gXq