We extend a special welcome to our witnesses and thank them for appearing. Remotely all appear this morning. Commissioner noah phillips, commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. This agency was established in 1914 by the federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace, including protecting Consumer Privacy and the security of their data, preventing harmful uses of technology and combating deceptive advertising and illegal robo calls, among other issues. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity and theatory business practice fcc is intended to help prevent americans from falling victim to frauds fraudsters and other actors. Recently discussed, the subcommittee hearing on covid19 scams last month, coronavirus becauseted a new avenue of stayathome orders, a prime target for exploitation. I appreciate the ongoing efforts to protect consumers f
Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe
Dramatically access to users on internet virtually any gist that wants to be found on the web must pay google a tax. With that i recognize the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, mr. Sensenbrenner. For first round of questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ive been in congress 42 years. That is coming to an end at the end of this year. Im breathing a sigh of relief. During that period of time, during decade of 90s and 00s, i was involved as chairman of the Science Committee and chairman of this committee and trying to make the net universal, open it up to everybody and one of the, one of the theses that we used that the net should end up becoming basically the debate on issues, not only in our country but throughout the world and in exchange for that this committee and the Congress Gave Internet Service providers immunity so if somebody said something defamatory in what they posted. Isps could not be a part of a lawsuit for defamation. After hearing mr. Jordan, you know, a long line of cen
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Kids. About 4 months thats gone around the world this is to sunday the voice of italys a drip charlie runs out across the lands empty to him a cathedral square. We begin with another grim tally of the coronavirus pandemic more than 140000. 00 people have now dollars with over 1800000. 00 infections worldwide in the u. K. The number of dead has now surpassed 10000 Prime Minister prossed johnson is recovering from the virus and is out of hospital after spending 3 nights in the intensive care he Thanks Health workers for saving his life the critics say his government is letting down frontline staff by failing to provide them with the right protective equipment United States has more confirmed cases and deaths than anywhere else new york state alone has reported 758 more deaths and its leaders are also criticizing the white house for failing to do enough testing more than 20000 americans have died so far. And the Worlds Largest Oil Producers have agreed to the biggest Production Cut in his