Key Lawmaker Vows to Pursue Big Tech Regulation With Open Mind
- Rhode Island Democrat convening subcommittee hearing June 11
- Data on consumers that is collected isn’t free, Cicilline said
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Legislation and more regulation of technology companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. is possible, but lawmakers are approaching scrutiny with an open mind, the federal lawmaker leading an antitrust investigation of the industry said.
“This is an investigation to collect the best data and best information,” Representative David Cicilline, the Rhode Island Democrat who leads the House Antitrust, Commercial & Administrative Law Subcommittee, said on “Fox News Sunday.”