no voice assistant whether produced by amazon google apple i.b.m. or microsoft will understand every word but the error rates fall notable patterns a study by stanford university for example found a 35 percent error rate for african-americans as opposed to 19 percent for white americans even though english is the standard language for voice systems many languages can't be used at all it's just 8 work across platforms for amazon google and apple the google smartphone assistant is the most diverse it speaks 24 languages but generally the rule for all devices is minorities are not certain time or take minutes. if you lend and in many countries all there's no speech software gets off because the demand just isn't worth investing in it the most out on the hill. so speech recognition systems don't work the same for everyone plus let's not forget that there are people with speech impediments and people who cannot speak or hear a german research project has developed the 1st tool that enables speech software

these big tech companies, apple, amazon, google, and facebook, because amongst the democrats and some republicans, these -- there is a feeling that these companies are too big, take up too much of the economy, gobble up competition by acquiring smaller companies, and amazon's case by both selling products and being a platform, and in apple's case running the app store. they feel that antitrust law has not kept up with what the digital economy looks like. senator elizabeth warren has tweeted recently "here is what you will not read and big tech's bought and paid for research. amazon, facebook, google, and apple have too much power over our economy, society, and democracy."

the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple have been defending their business practices that in u.s. congressional hearing there accused of stifling competition and avoiding liability under current laws. millions of children and both wealthy and poor countries are at risk of a vast civil health damage because of lead poisoning the study by the u.n. agency unicef as well as an environmental group found nearly one in 3 children has high levels of lead in their blood this can impair brain development never systems of vital organs it blames inadequate recycling of lead acid batteries paint in homes and contaminated food. japan's government has been ordered to recognize victims exposed to radioactive black rain after the attack on head in 1945 dozens of plaintive said approach the codes after they developed illnesses linked to radiation exposure before the ruling they weren't satisfied atomic bomb victims because they were originally located in areas deemed safe by the authorities next week will be the 75th anniversary of the u.s. attack and head off that killed 148000 people

titans of technology accused of an abuse of power the heads of facebook google amazon and apple face a grilling at a contentious congressional hearing. i'm about this and this is i'll just have a live from doha also coming up the rest of the. national security law. 4 students arrested in hong kong accused of posting secessionist material on social media. or than 150000 americans are confirmed dead from coronavirus florida california and texas record their highest single day tolls and a dream shattered are families still seeking answers about how their teenage son died while in training for the time military. the heads of some of the world's biggest tech giants have faced a 5 hour grilling on the way they do business facebook google amazon and apple are accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry is the end of a year long investigation by the u.s. congress which claims to outline how current laws allow the companies to avoid liabilities alan fischer reports the ranking member fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman mak

i are speaking right now through skype, we use zouma, neither of which are owned by apple, google, facebook or amazon all technology whether apple, google facebook for amazon get bigger that may be true but so was all of their competitors at the same time. may be true but so was all of their competitors at the same time. there we competitors at the same time. there we have to leave it. thank you so much, i know you've sat there for a long while listening to that evidence waiting to talk to me so thank you so much for your patience and your analysis, thank you so much. let's turn to coronavirus because the united states continues to struggle with combating covid 18 because the latest statistics from thejohn hopkins because the latest statistics from the john hopkins university because the latest statistics from thejohn hopkins university shows that 61,700 new cases were confirmed on tuesday. president trump says that's because the united states is the world leader on testing, many people disagree with that saying new cases are rising faster than the nations testing capacity. in total over nations test

places where they compete with thousands that was certainly the question that came up for google for amazon and for apple which all deal with 3rd parties and so google got a lot of the attention because 90 percent of web searches have been through google today a lot of the online advertising they are the largest beneficiary of online advertising so a lot of the business and eyeballs if you will of consumers happened on that platform and so we're going to continue to hear more about their business practices and exactly how they promote their products over others do you pay to get your products and services show up in google results that is extremely important placement in a google search results ok this is just another step in a very long conversation hit that from the scene that thank you for being with us great to get your insights on al-jazeera my pleasure thank you now the death toll from the krajina virus pandemic has surpassed 150000 in the united states that's the highest number of fatalities in any nation by far and accounts for nearly a quarter of the recorded global toll now 2 of the most populo

on their business practices facebook google amazon and apple are all accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry it's the culmination of a year long investigation by congress detailing how the company's avoid liability under the current boss alan fischer has a story he now is the ranking member fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing small businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism of the engines of the american economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government this was meant to be an inquiry into business practices did for companies google amazon apple and facebook stifle rivals and kill competition when republican. immediately made clear he also wanted to talk about bias online we love the fact that these are american companies but what's not great is censoring people censoring conserves and trying to impact elections and if it doesn't end there has to be consequ

>> the heads of amazon, facebook, google, and apple appeared together virtually at a house judiciary subcommittee hearing on competition within the tech industry great they also took questions about the use of third-party seller data and allegations of anti-conservative highest. -- anti-conservative bias. >> the committee will come to order. i recognize the gentleman from florida. i recognize the gentleman from north dakota for five minutes. bezos, my colleagues brought up -- they were discussing third-party sellers this policy

titans of technology accused of an abuse of power the heads of facebook google amazon and apple face a grilling at a contentious congressional hearing. and a dream shattered by families still seeking answers about how their teenage son died while training for the time in the tree. for the 1st time hong kong police have used a new national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online for students belonging to a group called students localism have been arrested but accused of posting content that called for hong kong's independence the controversial law was imposed on hong kong 4 weeks ago it makes subversion and secession criminal offenses and it grants police powers to arrest suspects without a warrant. they have a some doctor ration for that say for example they wanted to be a step in a hong kong country and also they wanted to be jews all demands to to to keep doing get spanked and finally they wanted to to deny that all of the independent books in hong kong. will be able to promote the independence of the hong kong that's what it's about the things they do so but we

happening over and over aga, you know, there were similar themes around westerns asked of amazon apple and googlelar themes around questions asked of amazon and apple and l, these aw companies that have dominated a huge swath of the digital ecosystem today. that if they are copyibe small, woul rivals, that really presen serious challenges to innovation in the long run. anchor: and there is the issue of copying products and there is the issue of pushing your own product over your rivals. there was another rival -- there was another exchange between amazon's jeff bezos and congressman jamie raskin, asking about whether amazon pushes its n products over rival products. he was asking specifically about the alexa voice service's that exchange. >> alexa make up 60% of smart speaker market. when i ask aelxa to play my favorite song, prime music is the default ayer. is alexa trained to sell amazon products? >> i am not sure it is trained in that way. i'm sure ere are cases where we do promote our own products. business.ommon practice in it would not surprise me if alexa doesometime promote our products.

i day of reckoning for big tech the heads of facebook google amazon and apple are all jews before us congress to be asked if they're too powerful. in the aftermath of the wire car scandal the german authorities are also facing scrutiny lawmakers want to know how 1000000000 euros can just disappear. and final call volunteers test out. for the head of its opening 11 years behind schedule. this is deemed to be a business on robots in berlin it's great to have you with us 4 of the biggest names in world tech are about to face questions from the u.s. congress that's a facebook amazon apple and google will be asked whether their companies with a combined value of over 5 trillion dollars of simply become too powerful the c.e.o.'s have already been getting them messages out ahead of the harry. this is facebook a data that disregards the privacy of its clients gives racist comments for your brain and hinders competitors not at all and says c.e.o. mark zuckerberg his company is so successful simply because it's the best. we got there the american way we started with nothing and provided better

hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u.s. congress has been investigating their business practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firm's chief executives as they consider changes to anti trust laws will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report in washington d.c. . you know as the ranking member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing the small businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism that are the engines the american economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government this was meant to be an inquiry into business practices do the 4 companies google amazon apple and facebook stifle rivals and ki

amazon, google, facebook and apple have too much power over our economy, society and democracy. they think they're too big to be held accountable. we need to break up big tech and stop mergers that kill competition. what is she talking about when she said we need to break up big tech and stop mergers? >> so, take facebook, facebook is a very large company. they also own instagram and what's app, other huge companies that people everywhere across the world use. what she's saying is that smaller companies never have a chance to emerge into the market place and become successful if maybe, which has the means to buy up smaller companies, keeps doing that. she thinks that google is too big and should be separated from youtube. that amazon should not be able to be both the seller of products and the market place of products. she thinks that the federal agency, the federal trade commission and the department of justice should sue to have these companies spin off from each other and become smaller companies. >> so it is a role for regular lators, not a role for congress? >> well, what c

first: they don't get any bigger than facebook, amazon, google and apple.iants of global tech wield huge power and influence the world over, nowhere more than in the us. and their role has come under scrutiny in a congressional inquiry, where they were accused of being too dominant in the market — while their political leanings were also questioned. all four of them put their ceos up to defend their companies. mark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, sundar pichai and tim cook have all been questioned. our tech correspondent james clayton has been watching the hearing. these four titans of tech run the companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the states. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, with more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube is run by this man — sundar pichai. around 90% of all internet searches are on googl

the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple have been defending their business practices via video link they're accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry free from regulation this is the culmination of a yearlong investigation by the u.s. congress detailing how the companies avoid liability under the current laws well amazon has been accused of accessing data from sellers on its online shopping platform to create its own products when pressed on the issue chief executive jeff bezos says he called to guarantee his company doesn't engage in that activity. let me ask you mr amazon after access and use 3rd party seller data when making business decisions and just a yes or no will suffice or. i can't answer that question yes or no what i can tell you is we have a whole yugant using solar specific data to aid our private label business but i can guarantee you that that policy has never been violated you have access to data that your competitors do not have so you might allow 3rd party sellers onto your platform but if you're continuously monitoring the data

. >>> chief executives from apple , facebook , google and amazon were on capitol hill where they answered questions about whether or not there companies are too big and stifle competition. caroline shively is here with more. >> reporter: members of congress who never agree with each other came together on wednesday to rip into big tech. >> our founders would not bow before a king and we shouldn't bow before the emperors of this online economy. big tech is out to get conservative. that's a fact. >> reporter: they had an antitrust hearing that could lead to huge changes. >> the power to influence carries with it remarkable responsibility. >> reporter: tech leaders push back. >> we try to be the best that was what i was taught matters in this country. when we succeed it's because we deliver great experiences the people left. >> reporter: the head of the committee came at the ceo of google who complained that his company had bullied him. expecting know how google responded when asked you to stop stealing reviews from yelp? our investigation shows that google's response was to threaten to do l

made the same suggestion that apple, though it might have some competitive behavior, is not in the same league when it comes to antitrust issues as google, facebook and amazon do you think about that? daniel: i think there are important differences that are worth noting with apple. their business model, relative to google and facebook isn't predicated on ad growth. key implications in terms of how data is being used. so, that is a piece of it. another look is when you look at apple's influence, there is a small percentage of the units in the smartphone markets. anhink the app store is important part of the story. the majority of their apps are free. there are some differences. what's a little different with apple is that if customers want or be and other parts, they do not need to rely on apple. they can go to samsung. there are other smartphone vendors. across otherdors products. within music there is spotify. sure, apple has advantages and they do a good job integrating things, but there's is the competition. i would add, in these other businesses as well, amazon, facebook, google, competition remains fierce. we all remember history with american online a

as the issue with amazon, google, apple, is much broader in terms of antitrust specifically. with search algorithm, apple with the app store, amazon with its own sellers on the store alongside their own devices and products. it is a little odd that twitter would appear there as well. emily: that is certainly an interesting development. meantime, we have got headlines crossing the terminal that apple cannot pursue a deal to buy arm, which is the chipmaker. many of their chips are in apple devices. it is a company that was more recently purchased by softbank. what can you tell us about this? mark: arm, owned by softbank, creates what is known as an instruction set which allows the processors that apple designs in its devices to communicate with its software. basically, arms technology is at the heart of most of apple's products, as well as products from amazon and other device makers. microsoft as well. samsung. so whoever ends up with this will have a huge competitive advantage. however, the price tag is superhigh. it was a $32 billion price tag in 2016 which is 10x what amazo

s of facebook amazon apple and google face a grilling over claims of unfair business practices. and our intelligence is out is there a live from london also coming up the u.s. retreat from a nato ally $12000.00 troops ordered to pull out of germany and a european headquarters moved. virus free for months but now facing a clearly virus reserved get noms government warns the whole country is at risk. and scaling back the harsh concerns of the growing a virus or change the annual pilgrimage to mecca. hello too big to dominant and too powerful that's what the bosses of 4 of the world's biggest technology firms are being told the companies have become in an ongoing hearing in washington even the u.s. president has joined in the criticism threatening that he'd bring the fairness if congress doesn't take action chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple are all being questioned at a hearing over accusations of anticompetitive behavior together their companies are worth almost 5 trillion dollars but they say they operate fairly and within the rules the politicians leading the

the congressional inquiry has been looking into the market dominance of facebook, amazon, google and apple zuckerberg, jeff bezos, tim cook and sundar pichai have all been questioned — following a 13 month investigation by us lawmakers. our technology correspondent james clayton has been watching the hearing. these four titans of tech run companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the states. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook, instagram and whatsapp with more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube are run by sundar pichai. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook, the most valuable of the big four and the company behind the iphone and its software. the big question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. thank you. before i begin to lift -- thank you. before i begin to lift —

executives at amazon, apple, google, and facebook are to be questioned over accusations that they are too powerful and that their business practices are anti—competitive. this is the scene live in washington as the hearing before the house judicial committee is about to get under way. the boss of heathrow calls for coronavirus tests at uk airports to avoid the need for holiday—makers to self—isolate for m days on their return. people would stay in quarantine until they had had two tests that showed that they didn't have, and then they would be allowed out. earlier than otherwise would be the case. the world health organization warns increasing infections among young people could be driving spikes in coronavirus cases across europe. and the next head of the secret intelligence service, otherwise known as mi6, has been named as richard moore — currently political director at the foreign office. so, there's some curry for your boys. laughter. and the prince and the podcast: prince william discusses football and mental health with peter crouch. welcome to bbc news. four tech giants and th

hello i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source the bosses of amazon, facebook, apple and google are being grilled by congress over claims they're stifling competition. we'll bring you the latest. america's top infectious diseases expert warns the politicisation of the coronavirus is coming in the way of an effective response. there is a considerable degree of political divisiveness to a level that everyone admits, you don't need me to make that declaration. and in europe young people could be contributing to the resurgence of coronavirus, the new warning from the world health organization. and a new law for turkey giving the government sweeping new powers over social media platforms — we'll look into the motives. we will be talking to bbc turkish. welcome. now — this hasn't happened before. four of the most powerful people in technology are giving evidence to the us congress. they are — jeff bezos of amazon, tim cook of apple, mark zuckerberg of facebook and sundar pichai of google. and the question at the heart of all this is whether these companies are simply too big. there's no d

amazon. google and facebook have a grip on line advertising. apple has its app store and the fee that is it charges people too. so there is definite economic cone constraint arguments to be made. they say they are fonts of innovation. a lot of their products are free to consumers. consumers choose to go to google. i'm not really sure congress has, congress is dealing with antitrust laws promulgated in 1890, 1914. these are long time ago laws meantme tot t t assdd dreomssiny en upenow sortf ol oompanies addressedrdrd. e lesseee aere a a a going t beb gotoin bg eing e lit atlitit hao yap tploapplheapseplheomhe comea .nedpp wenicrosoftrosoft t tbuybuhe bheehe har to t t apy to t t ces.. o,hi qhiuesthiiouenio o o wha n nt nt andnd how h f getss bsack bacthe mt on. wh awhrewhrewh sreck ssreck contio up. because i think the stock market has digested that. neil: you could be right. i know this is the subcommittee of the house judiciary committee. as you recall, john, yesterday, things goat a little heated. i wonder whether some of the theatricses on both pa

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the heads of amazon, google, facebooknd apple appeared by video at a house hearing. as they did, presidentrump threatened executive orders to roll back legal protections for the companies. news summary.cmore, after the in turkey, social media is cong under tighter control the parliament approved a law today, ordering fabook, twitter and others to set up local offices and police content. supporters called it a curb on cybercrime andnline abuse of women. critics and rights groups raise fe cenrship. and these measures will have a chilling eect on the turkish social media platform users and people will be scared to use these atforms because turkish authorities will have access to the users' data. >> woodruff: the law also requires companies to store user data in turkey. the u.s. military formally anunced today it will pull 12,000 american troops from germany. the move will leave 24,000 troops still on german soil. president trump has repeatedlyce denogermany for not spending more on defense, ands shed to withdraw u.s. forces. we'll get details, later in the program. the

these are the names, apple, amazon, google, facebook, here we go "after the bell" with those numbers.>> also happening today, very important, president trump caused quite a commotion floating the idea of delaying the november election until it is safe for people to vote in person. his tweet casting a shadow over white house efforts to push forward on more economic stimulus as the enhanced unemployment benefit is set to expire tomorrow. blake burman is live at the white house with the kerfuffle of the day. blake. reporter: hi, there, cheryl. you remember joe biden was laughed off, completely laughed off by the trump campaign when he predicted this very moment would come. president trump took to twitter today, and openly suggested potentially delaying the presidential election in november. here is the tweet. with universal mail-in voting not absent tee voting which is good. 2020 will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history. it will be a great embarassment to the usa. delay the election, president says delay the election until people can properly, securely, safely vote

have been accused of being too dominant and too powerful the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple are all defending their business practices at a u.s. congressional hearing our correspondent alan fisher is on capitol hill breaking down the issues that us politicians want to dressed. it's important because both democrats and republicans see that there is a problem here they see it through slightly different lenses and certainly the republicans on the committee were concerned the boat bias even though this was meant to be all a boat business practices and. they carry their job but what is important here is that this subcommittee has been investigating this for more than a year they see there is a significant problem there and essentially this is a short being fired across the bows of the tech giants know that shot was also echoed by the president don't trump seeing that if the tech companies didn't do something to stop their monopoly then he would take executive action if congress didn't act well looks as if congress might well i this committee has called for further hearings in sep

the 4 big tech companies during testimony on capitol hill the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple were being questioned at a hearing over accusations of anticompetitive behavior this is how facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg responded when asked about the role is organization could play in stopping the spread of misinformation or we do prohibit content that will lead to imminent risk of harm and stating that there is a proven cure for coverage when there is in fact no one might encourage them to take something that could have some adverse effect so we do take that down. fisher joins us live now from washington d.c. allan what have they said about misinformation. well they should really be talking a great deal of misinformation because this is an antitrust hearing which means that trying to talk about their business practices whether or not these 4 companies are actually strangling innovation whether some of the tams to get on their platforms are so strict that it's stopping smaller companies develop their policies and develop their products as sensually killing competition but they d

to bring a fairness if congress doesn't take action now the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple are all being questioned at a hearing a requisitions of anticompetitive behavior together their companies are worth almost 5 trillion dollars they say they operate fairly and within the rules the politicians leading the hearing say the coronavirus pandemic will only serve to make them stronger. they have too much power these power steves are preforms competition creativity and innovation and while these dumb reforms me still produce some new innovative products you're dominance is killing the small businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism one of the engines of the american economy alan fischer is monitoring the hearing in washington. well pretty strong words and if companies are phone guilty of antitrust there's always the possibility that we can start an inquiry into them you'll remember that bill gates was in front of the committee 12 years ago to talk about the dominant position then of microsoft that killer theme was picked up by mark zuckerberg said look you've got th

amazon's jeff bezos, facebook's mark zuckerberg, apple's tim cook and google's sundar pichai. line sales here in the u.s. facebook and instagram control the largest network. google processes 90% of global web searches raising a lot of concerns about controlling ad revenue. apple, meanwhile, accused of ruling over the app services. today's hearing may eventually lead to changes in how those companies are allowed to operate. the house judiciary hearing will get under way now. scott mcgrew is monitoring that and will have a full report on our midday forecast. sir francis drake statue is now gone. it's been the subject of recent protests. crews removed it overnight. a new police task force will look into defunding police. - [narrator] did you just reward yourself for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub? rewarded! get a free delivery perk when you order. - [group] grubhub. >>> live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> and a good wednesday morning, everyone. welcome to the third hour of "today." cra

news live from berlin are america's tech giants killing the competition the heads of apple facebook google and amazon defend their companies during a grilling by u.s. lawmakers in congress also coming up the u.s. announces a partial military withdrawal from germany a 3rd of its troops are being ordered to leave that as president trump accuses germany of being a freeloader at nato and not paying its bills. and a giant leap in the search for life on mars nasa prepares to launch a new mission that it hopes will finally solve the riddle of the red planet. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program is big tech too big for of america's biggest names in technology have appeared before congress to answer questions from an anti trust panel the leaders of the so-called big 4 facebook google apple and amazon defended their companies from accusations that they've become too powerful and are stifling competition. america's. on the defensive facebook's mark zuckerberg alphabets sindoor pitch. i am a zines jeff bezos and apple's tim cook all face the virtual grilling on capitol hill lawmakers say the c.e.o.'s and

companies have been accused of being too dominant and powerful the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple have defended their business practices at a u.s. congressional hearing they're accused of stifling competition and avoiding liability under current laws they've also been grilled about business ties with china alan fischer has more on how that hearing has played out the tech companies are essentially saying that they're very american in that they're innovative they're smart and they make big profits and they see that they've had to be innovative and they've had to include people because if they didn't they would disappear in the way that 10 years ago if you were talking about the take giants he'd be talking about my space and friendster remember them no no one does because of course they fell away when facebook google and others to that space so they insist that what they're doing creates jobs it creates wealth it creates opportunity for many people. egypt's president has approved a new law restricting soldiers from running for office current and former military personnel will now nee

the consumers love us portion is not going to be hard to prove everybody uses facebook, google, amazon and apple products. the harder thing is going to be proving whether or not these companies box out competition. expect them to come armed with examples google will point to all of these video providers thriving facebook is going to point to tiktok that will be their biggest argument in proving that they should not be broken up. >> really good discussion on a big topic. our rbi later on is just how big these companies really are a great discussion >>> coming up, your stocks to watch including the semiconductor company up 10% this morning on some strong numbers. there is your mystery chart. first, some other top stories on this wednesday, spirit airlines warning of potential furloughs in the ongoing lockdown. 20 to 30% of spirit workers may be let go in october including pilots and flight attendants >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is calling for an investigation into a concert in the hamptons a packed crowd disregarding health and guidelines amc theaters and universal have agreed on the new re

you're talking about the ceos of amazon, apple, google and facebook. this is taking place at the u.s. capitol and the offices or studios of four companies. you are seeing succecicilline t. he is talking to senator pachai who is the ceo of google. this is the investigation into the behrw do they use that powe? google choosing what links to show you. facebook buying up all kinds of companies like instagram. apple makes you buy apps through their app store and demands a cut. again, you are looking at live video here as cicilline continues to talk, but all four ceos are listening. so video from earlier we were seeing what members were seeing on a big screen. we don't control the video in the hearing room. congress does. ceos facing tough questions from democrats and republicans. here's jim jordan getting a warmup. >> i'll just cut to the chase. big tech's out to get conservatives. july 20th, 2020, breitbart in the daily caller. we learned google has censored breitbart so much traffic has declined 99%. >> we will expect more of that to come up. again live p

is of amazon apple facebook and google is set to defend their businesses at a u.s. congressional hearing they're expected to be questioned about antitrust practices. it's being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of covert 9000 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of denying meanwhile hong kong's lead to carry says its hospital system could face collapse as it deals with shop rise in cases. the world food program is warning at least 14000000 people could go hungry in latin america this year as the region reels from the impact of the creative us pandemic that's more than 4 times the number of people who experienced severe food insecurity last year and many of those at risk all informal workers who make up a large part of law today america support for years. there today we had lines here and out there and got more news coming up right after witness after. the. audition with.

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in congress when they choose the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today germany is officially in a deep recession with the economy contract in by 10 point one percent in the last quarter it's the sharpest fall in the country's modern history the figures cover the period during which the country was in its most restrictive lockdown face close borders shut down shops and production halted thousands of work places dealt a severe blow to small businesses and many export dependent industries and europe's biggest the cup. let's go straight to the financial correspondent chelsea doing he's standing by in frankfurt for us to date you josie what have been some of the reactions to these numbers well it's really just a stunning stunning number to see. broken basically every record for the sharpness and the steepness of a quarterly contraction so it's certainly a bit of a blow people were obviously braced for a big decline obviously given the state of the economy a

the congressional inquiry has been looking into the market dominance of facebook, amazon, google and applemark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, tim cook and sundar pichai have all been questioned — the culmination of a 13—month investigation by american lawmakers. our tech correspondent james clayton has been watching the hearing. these four titans of tech run the companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the states. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, with more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube is run by this man — sundar pichai. around 90% of all internet searches are on google. and apple is run by tim cook, the most valuable of the big four and the company behind the iphone and its software. the big question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. thank you. before i begin, iwant to