House Democrats and Republicans announced an investigation that will look into whether tech industry giants have become anti-competitive and harmful to consumers

  • 📰 BusinessInsider
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 11 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 51%

Canada News News

Canada Canada Latest News,Canada Canada Headlines

The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said on Monday it had started a bipartisan investigation into competition in digital markets.

"A small number of dominant, unregulated platforms have extraordinary power over commerce, communication, and information online," the panel said in a statement that did not name any companies."A small number of dominant, unregulated platforms have extraordinary power over commerce, communication, and information online," the panel said in a statement that did not name any companies.

Separately, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are gearing up to investigate the market power of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet's Google, sources told Reuters on Monday.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

They are certainly more harmful than helpful when it comes to handling and safeguarding everyone's personal data? Made billions in profit by selling consumers' personal data without their permission and not spending enough on security measures to protect consumer's personal data?

Yes...ALL the above

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 729. in CA

Canada Canada Latest News, Canada Canada Headlines