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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

We've heard from third-party sellers again and again during the course of the investigation that Amazon is the only game in town.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

the evidence we've collected shows that Amazon is only interested in exploiting its monopoly power over the e-commerce marketplace to further expand and protect this power.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

About 37 percent of those sellers rely on Amazon as their sole source of income.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

It seems to me that it's not for Congress that legislates to toss all of our antitrust laws...

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

Isn't it true that small businesses have no real option but to rely on Amazon to connect with customers and make online sales?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

And you said that you can't guarantee that the policy of not sharing third-party sellers' data with Amazon's own line hasn't been violated; you couldn't be certain.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

don't you agree that these articles viewed by millions on your platform will cost lives?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

the problem is Facebook is profiting off of and amplifying disinformation that harms others because it's profitable.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

I think these examples unfortunately, Mr. Zuckerberg, are just the tip of the iceberg.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

you have a responsibility to remove harmful lies from your platform, correct?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing panic.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

the more engagement there is, the more money you make on advertising.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

Allowing this misinformation to spread can lead to violence, and, frankly, I believe it strikes at the very heart of the American democracy.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

We need to ensure the antitrust laws first written more than a century ago work in the digital age.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

Why don't we just let the First Amendment work? That's all we're asking.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 28, 2020

These companies, as they exist today, have monopoly power. Some need to be broken up. All need to be properly regulated and held accountable.

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