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Bezos says "diapers is a very large product category, sold in many places." Scanlon is not letting him filibuster, says predatory practices weren't unique. Bezos says he doesn't remember the email she's mentioning. — PolitiTweet.org
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Scanlon asking Bezos about the https://t.co/allm5nouD9 acquisition, where Amazon waged a price war to lower the deal cost, and then cut its promotions and increased diaper prices. Bezos says he "doesn't remember that at all." — PolitiTweet.org
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Jim Jordan is now interrupting Rep Scanlon, who said "getting away from conspiracy theories." Cicilline told him to put his mask back on. — PolitiTweet.org
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Jordan is ranting about Google's efforts to increase the Latino vote in "key states" like Arizona and Florida in 2016. (You will note Trump won Arizona and Florida.) — PolitiTweet.org
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The Jim Jordan Natty Light Power Hour is back, asking if Google will tailor its features to help Biden in the election. Pichai says they won't do any work to tilt anything. — PolitiTweet.org
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Pichai goes through Google's privacy settings; Demings interrupts and says she's concerned Doubleclick deal was a "bait and switch" to grab more data. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Demings asks about the DoubleClick acquisition and the combination of ad data Google said would be kept separate. The Dems are running a very tight hearing about specific competition issues; the Rs are asking for tech support. — PolitiTweet.org
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Pichai says there's nothing in the Gmail algo that filters politics, notes that the World Socialist Organization also complains. Ha. — PolitiTweet.org
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Steube says his supporters and parents aren't getting campaign emails in Gmail. "This appears to only be happening to conservative Republicans...it's a fact, it's happening." Nothing is less convincing than asking these CEOs for tech support. — PolitiTweet.org
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"I actually physically did this on my laptop," says Steube. "Has anything changed your approach to silencing websites?" A champion for justice. And SEO. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Steube up now, asking if Google censors Gateway Pundit. "I had to actually type in https://t.co/XvafKD7aou to get to it." The horror. — PolitiTweet.org
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Cicilline tells the CEOs to stop wasting time by saying the questions are good questions. "We'll just assume they are good questions." Heh. — PolitiTweet.org
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Jayapal asks about third-party sellers, and if Amazon uses data to make sure they small. — PolitiTweet.org
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(Jayapal told @kellymakena she views her role as an "investigator" before the hearing started, you can read that here: https://t.co/SCr70e9EMe) — PolitiTweet.org
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Bezos says there is a policy not to use data, and no other retailer even has that policy. Jayapal says committee has documents and interviews say rule often broken. (She is very, very good at this, maybe the best so far.) — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Jayapal asks about a WSJ article showing Amazon uses data to make competitive products. This is a hot button; Amazon denied doing this an earlier hearing. Bezos is saying he can't say much bc article sources were anonymous. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Jayapal up. She reps Washington state, and her first question is for Bezos, about using seller data to make competitive products. Bezos says it's against policy, but he can't guarantee it's never been violated. — PolitiTweet.org
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Armstrong is now going on about geofencing warrants and the Fourth Amendment. This is important and interesting but... not really a competition issue? Sundar is deflecting. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Armstrong is going on a tear about the GDPR and how it prevents advertisers from cross shopping platforms? Yelling at Google for complying with the law in Europe is pretty odd, but Armstrong says regulation might squeeze out competition; he doesn't like GDPR for that reason. — PolitiTweet.org
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Annnnd we're back. Rep Armstrong is back at it about Google censoring conservatives, and whether Google's market power insulates it from the consequences of irritating people — PolitiTweet.org
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@Bard0ck @Juesaki_ That is why! — PolitiTweet.org
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Here's my favorite little detail from this story: https://t.co/1LvGdiVrnI https://t.co/omFiQHQzSK — PolitiTweet.org
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@CtRedLFC It's worse... webex — PolitiTweet.org
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Anyway, a good time to pause and read our Facebook story :) https://t.co/1LvGdiVrnI — PolitiTweet.org
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Committee is recess for 10 minutes "while we fix a technical feed with one of our witnesses." No questions for Bezos yet, if you're keeping track. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Raskin asking about white supremacists on Facebook and social division in America. Zuck says Facebook has taken a lot of steps since 2016 to protect election integrity. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz is ranting about Google helping to build a Chinese fighter jet. Pichai flatly denies this. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz asks Pichai to pledge that he will not adopted the "bigoted" anti-police policies of not working with the police. Pichai doesn't take the bait and says Google works with the police when supported by due process. Good for him. — PolitiTweet.org
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On to Matt Gaetz, who once again asks about whether Google supports the military and the police. The circus has returned. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Johnson asks "what's to stop Apple from increasing commissions to 50%?" Cook says they've never raised commissions, and there is a competition for developers. "They can write their apps for Android, Windows, Xbox, Playstation." Says it's a "street fight for market share." — PolitiTweet.org
