Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, December 11th at 10AM ET, a committee spokesperson confirmed to The Verge. The hearing was originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 5th, but it was postponed due to scheduling conflicts with former President George H.W. Bush’s funeral events.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify before House committee on December 11th
The hearing was postponed following the death of President George H.W. Bush
The hearing was postponed following the death of President George H.W. Bush
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Pichai is anticipated to face intense questioning from Republican lawmakers who are concerned with the Silicon Valley giant’s algorithms and how they may be biased to more conservative content.
Lawmakers are also expected to grill Pichai on issues related to data privacy and anti-competitive market behavior. In September, Pichai traveled to Washington, DC to meet privately with Republican lawmakers over concerns involving algorithms and the company’s Dragonfly search engine project, but he has not formally sat before the panel for a public hearing.
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