Antitrust hearing key moments: Bezos having snack; 'hostage video'; confused lawmaker

four-hour-long Congressional hearing on Antitrust law on July 29 produced several moments that gave social media a respite from technical jargons. chief executives of Big Techs - Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple Inc’s Tim Cook - gave virtual testimony House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel but social media latched onto highlights of hearing.

Amazon CEO reached out for a snack

Bezos, world’s richest man, didn’t get to answer a single question for over an hour during his first appearance before House Judiciary Committee. At one point, Amazon CEO decided to reach for a snack but was captured on camera and internet was wondering how much money Amazon CEO me during “m”.

Lawmaker confused Zuckerberg with Twitter CEO

A Republican lawmaker confused Zuckerberg with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and grilled him on micro-blogging platform’s decision to temporarily restrict US President Donald Trump for violating coronavirus misinformation rules. While Facebook h also removed video for spreing misinformation, it didn’t restrict Trump from posting or stuff.

"I think what you might be referring to happened on Twitter, so it's hard for me to speak to that," said Zuckerberg.

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Rooms of CEOs rated

virtual hearing gave popular Twitter account “Room Rater” an opportunity to rate video conferencing rooms of Big Tech CEOs and Pichai emerged as clear winner by scoring 9 out of 10. It said that vase and plant in background are perfect with great composition and texture. It took a dig at Zuckerberg by calling it a host video and rated it 2/10.

'Put your mask on'

However, highlight of day was lawmakers shouting at several points and "put your mask on!" aptly caught attention of social media. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon suggested Rep. Jim Jordan was pushing "fringe conspiracy ories" when shouting broke out among members of House subcommittee.

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