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Newsday: 07/10/2020 04:06 GMT: US tech giants accused of ‘monopoly power’

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07/10/2020 04:06 GMT: US tech giants accused of ‘monopoly power’

US tech giants accused of ‘monopoly power’

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A report by the US House of Representatives has accused the four giant American tech companies of using anti-competitive practices and abusing their monopoly power. The report says that Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have dominated online activity.

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