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Google and Facebook take sharpest jabs.

US lawmakers accuse Big Tech of crushing rivals to boost profits

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing that put four of America's most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon.com's ...

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