The first-ever hearings in the US Congress were held in which the heads of IT giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon simultaneously testified in connection with claims of abuse of power in the fight against competitors, BBC News reports..
It is noted that lawmakers are thinking about strengthening regulation, antitrust checks have begun, since there are opinions in Congress that IT giants are using their power in a destructive way to expand, and are monopolists, so something needs to be done about this.. At the same time, according to BBC News, Republicans are also worried about how these companies manage information.. During the hearing, which was held via video communication due to the pandemic, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Sundar Pichai (Google), Tim Cook (Apple) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon) assured that they did not do anything illegal and emphasized that their companies.