EXTRA CREDIT: Research doc on Big Tech’s Lies can be found here
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project is taking a walk down memory lane to remind lawmakers that as Big Tech tries to muddy the waters to dissuade them from passing antitrust reform and tech accountability legislation, they cannot be trusted. Why? Because Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon have repeatedly lied to Congress and the American public.
Their offenses: hiding emails, misleading investors, stonewalling a Congressional investigation, and many, many more. The spot makes the case that as the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICO) and the Open App Market Act move through Congress in the final days of the legislative session, lawmakers should not trust the millions Big Tech spent on ads and astroturf campaigns that push false narratives and lies. For a full account of Big Tech lies, click here for the research doc.
Big Tech Lied to Congress:
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made misleading comments in testimony before Congress about pulling down false political advertising.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon executives lied or made misleading comments to Congress about copying products from successful small businesses and rigging the marketplace against them.
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Google misled Congress about its data collection practices before Congress.
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Google allegedly threatened a rival company and engaged in witness tampering before a Congressional hearing.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook offered outright alternative facts about its app store deleting data in testimony before Congress.
Big Tech’s Deceit Getting Worse:
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Google instructed employees to conceal emails from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai personally hid emails from federal investigators with phony “attorney-client” claims.
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Apple lied to shareholders and investors about its use of nondisclosure agreements to silence mistreated workers – creating a workplace that further enables abuse.
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Facebook lied to Congress about its widespread practice of spying on teenagers online.
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Facebook lied to its oversight board about the widespread practice of letting “celebrity” users break its rules.
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Congressional lawmakers called on the Department of Justice to investigate Amazon for lying to Congress and stonewalling investigations.