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Gaetz hammers former GOP colleague-turned-Disney lobbyist in tense exchange
Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., hammered his former Republican colleague-turned-Disney lobbyist in a tense exchange on Tuesday. Gaetz turned the heat up on former House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., during the committee's Tuesday hearing on government access to Americans' personal data. Goodlatte, who retired in 2018, was asked by Gaetz about his work with Disney and what the Mouse House is doing to prevent children's data from being sold. Gaetz said he was worried about "private entities" trying to "program" people and "make them think a certain way" by harmfully utilizing people's data.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai refuses to rule out censored Chinese search engine
Google's chief executive, Sundar Pichai, testified before the House judiciary committee on Tuesday morning, three months after his company thumbed its nose at Congress by failing to appear alongside Facebook and Twitter at a Senate hearing on election interference. In a hearing heavy on partisan theatrics, Pichai notably refused to rule out launching a censored search engine in China, a controversial plan that has garnered significant criticism from human rights organizations as well as rank-and-file Google employees. "Right now there are no plans to launch search in China," Pichai said numerous times, repeating a talking point that the company has relied on since news of the project leaked in August. Pichai characterized the Chinese search product as an "internal effort" and said the company would be "transparent" and consult with policy makers before launching in China. Pressed to rule out launching a tool that would enable censorship and surveillance in China, however, Pichai appeared to offer the company's probable justification for reentering a market that it left in 2010: "We think it's in our duty to explore possibilities to give users access to information."
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Google chief executive Sundar Pichai set to testify to Congress in December
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is set to testify to Congress in December, facing off against lawmakers for the first time at a hearing that could subject the search giant to the same harsh political spotlight that has faced its tech peers all year. The scheduled Dec. 5 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, confirmed by three sources familiar with the plan but not authorized to speak on record, comes in response to some Republicans who claim that Google is biased against conservatives. A spokesman for the panel's GOP leader, Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Google also did not immediately respond. Led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.),
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