Lawmakers ask 4 big tech companies for documents in antitrust investigation

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Letters went out to Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple on Friday from the leaders of the House Judiciary Committee and its subcommittee on antitrust.

House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents including internal communications.

Letters went out to the four companies on Friday from the leaders of the House Judiciary Committee and its subcommittee on antitrust, which has been conducting a sweeping investigation of the companies and their impact on competition and consumers.The lawmakers set an Oct. 14 deadline for the companies to provide the documents.Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep.

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are conducting competition investigations of the companies.

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