From Bezos Eating a Snack, Room Ratings and 'The Net': Moments That Highlighted Big Tech Hearing
4 years, 4 months ago

From Bezos Eating a Snack, Room Ratings and 'The Net': Moments That Highlighted Big Tech Hearing

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Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s explanation to U.S. lawmakers - “Senator, we run ads” - exploded as a meme, online viewers again ridiculed moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday. The chief executives of the country's largest tech companies - including Zuckerberg, Amazon Inc's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc's Tim Cook - gave virtual testimony here before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel. “THE NET” U.S. Representative James Sensenbrenner’s use of the phrase “the net” was mocked online for being outdated, with watchers posting about the 1995 film of the same name starring Sandra Bullock and sharing GIFs of retro computer icons and dial-up internet. “Can’t wait for the Jeopardy Q in 2022: This Congressional Hearing popularized “Put your mask on” as an insult,” wrote one user, referring to the popular American quiz show.

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