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Antitrust Hearing Involving Apple Chief Tim Cook and Other Big Tech CEOs Reportedly Postponed [Update: Delay Confirmed]

An antitrust hearing (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/06/apple-ceo-tim-cook-testify-antitrust-hearing/) held by the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee where Apple chief Tim Cook (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/tim-cook/) was set to join other big tech CEOs is likely to be postponed, according to a report on Thursday.





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The hearing involving Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was supposed to happen next Monday, but two sources told CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/tech-ceo-hearing-looks-like-it-will-be-postponed-source-says.html) that it was now unlikely to take place due to a conflict with the memorial service for the late representative John Lewis.





The hearing is meant to be the culmination of a more than year-long investigation into the four tech giants. After the hearing, lawmakers plan to publish a report based on their findings and propose legislation to bring antitrust laws up to date to deal with issues unique to digital marketplaces.





A recent report by The Information underlined Cook's initial reluctance to take part (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/23/tim-cook-reluctant-antitrust-hearing/) in the hearing, and how under the pressure of a potential subpoena, Cook ultimately agreed to participate.





Cook is said to have spent the better part of a month preparing for the hearing, which may touch on a wide range of subjects from App Store (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/app-store/) policies to Apple's disputes with the FBI over providing methods for law enforcement to access locked devices to Apple's relationships with China.





Update: The antitrust hearing with Apple CEO &zwnj;Tim Cook&zwnj; and other tech CEOs has been officially postponed (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/24/apple-amazon-facebook-and-amazon-ceo-congressional-hearing-officially-delayed.html). A new date has not been announced.<div class="linkback">Tags: Tim Cook (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/tim-cook/), antitrust (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/antitrust/)</div>
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