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House antitrust panel announces hearing as D.C. awaits Big Tech repo

1 hearing on proposals to strengthen antitrust laws and restore online competition as it nears release of a long-awaited report on Big Tech.

The House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust subcommittee is expected to soon release a much-anticipated deep dive into antitrust allegations against four of Americas largest tech companies and recommendations.

The chief executives of four of the worlds largest tech companies, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc, Apple and Alphabets Google testified before the panel in July.

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