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Was the one business show you cant afford to mess up there much as they are going to washington tech giant dios from amazon apple facebook and google all testified before Congress Following a year long probe into antitrust laws and code such a short tenure will be gus some of the damages and the pandemic with the west coast we have a lot to get through so lets get started. On one day 4 of the most powerful men in the United States Tech Industry theyre being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as theyve risen to dominate the internet now arties Rachel Blevins joins us. With the latest rachel what have we heard so far was there as we saw c. E. O. s from the 4 Largest Tech Companies in the country testified before the house judiciary antitrust subcommittee as part of an investigation looking at whether they have achieved such a major monopoly that they are now legally stifling their much smaller competitors because of the coronavirus pandemic
Tech hearing. We learned this morning that the antitrust subcommittee will put a report out in august about what to do next. What do you think that report will say . Guest well, greta, thank you for having me. Look, this was the first hearing that we have had about the profound antitrust issues that have emerged in the new tech age. In the 19th century, america with and today we have cyber barons, and these are the lords and titans of big tech who have every bit as much power as John D Rockefeller and the vanderbilts and the people who control the new industrial economy of the new postindustrial hightech company is being controlled by huge conglomerates that are fantastically wealthy and powerful, and they have done some remarkable things. Good this is to bring begrudge the achievements of individuals who were there yesterday. But we have to look at what this does to Small Business competition, new entrants to the market, manipulation of prices, and all of the oldfashioned anticompetit
Congressman jamie raskin, democrat of maryland, and a member of the Judiciary Committee here with us this morning. Hes also serving on the committee of the coronavirus crisis. Lets begin with yesterdays tech hearing. We learned this morning that the antitrust subcommittee will put a report out in august about what to do next. What do you think that report will say . Gretta, thank you for having me. This was the first hearing that weve had about the profound antitrust issues that have emerged in the new tech age, and in the 19th century, america wrestled with the robber barons and today weve got cyber barons and these are the lords and titans of big tech who have every bit as much power as john d. Rockefeller and the vanderbilts and the people who control the new industrial people. There are huge come glom rats and theyve done remarkable things and none of this is to begrudge any achievements of the individuals who were there yesterday but weve got to look at it structural in terms of w