Google CEO Sundar Pichai to be grilled by Congress on 5 December

Google CEO Sundar
Pichai.
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Akinleye/Reuters

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai will give evidence to the
  House Judiciary Committee next week.
• The Washington Post said it promises to be a “long,
  wide-ranging review of Google’s business practices at a
  perilous political moment for the tech giant.”
• Pichai will face questions from Republicans who have
  unproven beliefs that Google has a liberal bias, while
  antitrust concerns are also likely to be raised.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is going to face Congress for the first
time next week, according to The Washington
Post.

Pichai will be grilled by the House Judiciary Committee on 5
December, during which he will face questions from Republicans
who have unproven beliefs that Google has a liberal bias.

Citing three sources, the Post said the hearing promises to be a
“long, wide-ranging review of Google’s business practices at a
perilous political moment for the tech giant.”

As well as accusations of Google’s search engine punishing
Conservative results, Pichai could also be asked about the firm’s
plans to return to China. On Tuesday,
Google engineers asked management to shut down the project,
while Amnesty International is planning
global protests over the plans.

Read more: Google employees petition Google
to shut down its work on controversial censored search engine for
China

US President Donald Trump’s confirmation that
his administration is “looking at” antitrust proceedings against
Google could also be raised by the House Judiciary Committee.

Pichai has agreed to give evidence after he and Google cofounder
Larry Page declined to appear at a Senate Intelligence Committee
hearing in September alongside Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. As a result, Google was empty chaired by the
committee.

Business Insider has contacted Google for comment.

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