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Twitter is not in this hearing, because it's a tiny company with no market power compared to these four. This is not dissuading Jim Jordan from ranting about Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jordan is ranting about platform moderation and how the World Health Organization shills for China. "I haven't even mentioned Twitter." He is now ranting about Twitter shadowbanning members of Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jim Jordan says "Big Tech is out to get conservatives." The circus is here. — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm only livetweeting because I don't know how to react to news except by liveblogging. But @thedextriarchy has an actually-good live-updating story here if you just want to check in from time to time on this hearing, which will stretch for hours: https://t.co/gnvqfyFzVt — PolitiTweet.org

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Now Rep. Nadler giving an opening statement. "Concentration of power in any form... is dangerous to a democratic society." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sensenbrenner says consumer welfare standard has served country well. "However, as the business landscape evolves, we must ensure existing antitrust law is applied to serve the needs of consumers." And now a tangent about free speech. "Conservatives are consumers too." — PolitiTweet.org

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Now on to Rep. Sensenbrenner, R-WI. (This whole process has been pretty bipartisan throughout.) "Being big is not inherently bad," he says. "My colleagues and I have a great interest in what your companies do with that accumulated power." He wants to understand how they use data. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Concentrated markets and concentrated political systems are incompatible with democratic ideals," says Cicilline. He says the companies are big enough to be a private government. "We should not bow before the emperors of the online economy." — PolitiTweet.org

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Cicilline says each of the companies abuse their control over current technology to protect power, by buying, copying, and cutting off competitors. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today's antitrust hearing has started -- you can watch here. Right now Rep. Cicilline is giving an opening statement noting how huge all four companies are. https://t.co/Hdg0k9q9cf — PolitiTweet.org

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@chinanderm A member of Congress tested positive today, so I think they are being extra careful — PolitiTweet.org

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Cook insists on using an iPad but the browser isn't compatible Sundar's laptop battery won't make it the whole way bc of Chrome Zuckerberg can't get the tape off his laptop camera Bezos just realized his Alexa integration quietly disconnected and is redoing setup — PolitiTweet.org

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The antitrust hearing is delayed for room cleaning, but I am choosing to believe one of the tech CEOs had computer problems — PolitiTweet.org

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Almost everything in seven words https://t.co/xnlx8pn10m — PolitiTweet.org

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@jensc We publish a regular column about buttons. Read it! — PolitiTweet.org

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@RobHelyar There surely will be — PolitiTweet.org

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Good morning, today's the day when Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos all testify in the first Congressional antitrust hearing in decades. Starts at noon, details here: https://t.co/Hdg0k9q9cf — PolitiTweet.org

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@gruber @thomholwerda Well except that TV and News are preloaded apps that are updated along with the security updates of the OS. But I am sure you have case law to support your point otherwise — PolitiTweet.org

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@gruber If you were normal you'd get a million ads pushed to you through notifications because no normal person turns them off, which is what Apple is counting on. — PolitiTweet.org

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@amdev Hey friend! iOS 13 native client, mac OS Catalina Chrome. Happy to help in the future! — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexeheath Oh yes, it definitely is a reference to Android. It's just funny on first read — PolitiTweet.org

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@gruber Who granted the TV app notifications expecting to get this? Do HBO Max and Peacock and Showtime get to send similar through the TV app notifications? — PolitiTweet.org

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I understand that this probably refers to Android generally, but Tim Cook saying Google has built a "very successful smartphone business" is very funny https://t.co/tMa4fPzVrZ — PolitiTweet.org

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@i_trevkat haha no worries, anything for a vergecast fan ;) — PolitiTweet.org

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@RMac18 @puiwingtam Let's go — PolitiTweet.org

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@glen_george @i_trevkat It's not that you can turn them off -- it's that Apple breaks its own notification rules to push its services constantly, which is a competition issue. https://t.co/whPQVBiXpp — PolitiTweet.org

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Imagining the members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee all getting this fun unnecessary push notification tonight on the iPhones https://t.co/K4sRs8O3zM — PolitiTweet.org

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@gmanka Just doesn’t work for me! Doesn’t work with screen recordings on a Mac either — PolitiTweet.org

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@daanodinot Since I was a child :) — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, here's a link to me on CNBC talking about the hearing today! https://t.co/dTuNwZGIhR — PolitiTweet.org