Representatives from tech giants including Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon will face a US committee next week to discuss competition in the online sector, Reuters reported.
A House of Representatives committee will hear testimony on market dynamics of the sector at a hearing scheduled for 16 July.
The practices of huge players [1] in the online retail, software and social media sectors have been probed by authorities across the world in recent years.
These investigations have led to a number of fines and orders being slapped on leading providers for a number of breaches, most notably a record European Commission fine of €4.3 billion levied on Google in 2018 [2].
The congressional hearing comes as the US conducts a wider review of competition in digital markets, but further detail on what would be discussed at the session was not disclosed.
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/germany-slams-facebook-data-collection/[2] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/ec-slaps-e4-3b-fine-on-google-following-android-probe/
