# Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google CEOs get grilled by House members in historic antitrust hearing

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/amazon-apple-facebook-and-google-ceos-get-grilled-by-house-members-in-historic-antitrust-hearing-2/
- Published: 2020-07-30T09:45:07-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: The CEOs of Google parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., and Facebook Inc. endured hours of sharp questions Wednesday [&#8230;]. Marketwatch Photo Illustration/IStockphoto. Article by Jon Swartz. After three hours of questions, expert calls hearing ‘a mix of antitrust ambush and political grandstanding’ It has been a bruising day for tech’s biggest names on Capitol Hill, but they didn’t break. The CEOs of Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.32% , GOOG, +1.44% , Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.10% , Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.91% , and Facebook Inc. FB, +1.37% endured more than five hours of grueling questions about competition Wednesday from House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee members in a series of sharp exchanges. “Our documents from Facebook show it considered Instagram a ‘competitive threat’ that could meaningfully hurt Facebook, so Facebook bought it,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a particularly contentious exchange with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “This should not have been allowed to happen.” [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.marketwatch.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art &amp; Design See Full Bio