WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google, Facebook and Amazon are utilizing their size, reach and technological expertise to help Americans handle the coronavirus crisis, an opportunity for Huge Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington.
SUBMIT PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20,2020 Image taken January 20,2020 REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
The three business have an opportunity to burnish their images in the middle of extreme U.S. regulative examination by the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general and your house Judiciary Committee, who implicate the companies of taking part in anti-competitive behavior by using their influence to defend market share or broaden into surrounding markets.
Washington lawmakers from both parties routinely attack the companies with a broad range of accusations, from doing insufficient to protect children to assisting hucksters who use the coronavirus outbreak to rip individuals of