CNBC: Google's Sundar Pichai gets grilled on privacy, data collection, and China during Congressional hearing
* Lawmakers peppered Google CEO Sundar Pichai with a broad range of questions when he testifies in front of the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
* This will be Pichai's first time in front of Congress and culminates a tough year for big tech companies generally, and Google specifically.
* Expect questions about political bias, Chinese censorship and data privacy.
It's Sundar Pichai's turn in the congressional hot seat.
Google's CEO is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday where lawmakers are grilling him on a wide range of issues, including potential political bias on its platforms, its plans for a censored search app in China and its privacy practices.
This is the first time Pichai has appeared before Congress since Google declined to send him or Alphabet CEO Larry Page to a hearing on foreign election meddling earlier this year. That slight sparked anger among senators who portrayed Google as trying to skirt scrutiny.
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WNU Editor: Google CEO Sundar Pichai's denials that Google is biased in their search results is just making me laugh. I have lost count over the years on how many times I have posted stories on America's tech giants influencing opinions and trends ....specifically on political and social issues. And do not get me started on how Google treats privacy issues .... on this one issue alone I can talk about it all night.
