Amazon.com Inc. said on Monday its founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos is willing to testify to a congressional panel investigating potential violations of U.S. antitrust law by big technology companies. The company confirmed a letter that its attorney sent to members of the House judiciary committee saying Amazon had co-operated with the probe. The big four tech platforms — Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Apple Inc., Amazon and Facebook Inc. — are under investigation by a House judiciary committee panel and the U.S. Justice Department. This would be the first time that Bezos has appeared before Congress, according to a source familiar with the company. Amazon's associate general counsel, Nate Sutton, had denied under oath last July that Amazon used sensitive information from its independent sellers to develop Amazon products.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2020 16:41 UTC