House Hearing for Tech Chiefs Put Off Because of Lewis Rites

The American flag flies at half-staff to honor former Representative John Lewis outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on July 20. — The American flag flies at half-staff to honor former Representative John Lewis outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on July 20.
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By Ben Brody and Billy House

July 24, 2020 at 1:52 AM UTC

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A planned U.S. House hearing with the chief executives of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. has been postponed because of plans to honor Representative John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died last week, according to a congressional official.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook were to testify on Monday at a virtual hearing by the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel looking into competition issues in Big Tech.