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Tech giants are effectively charging users to access their platforms by offering limited privacy protections and asking consumers to turn over their data for targeted advertising, a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission told a House antitrust subcommittee.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties slammed Apple Inc. and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Friday for “censorship of apps” at the “behest of the Chinese government.”

Recent court decisions have created a “national consensus” that Amazon.com, Inc. isn’t a seller of products offered on its web marketplace, the company told the full Third Circuit in a product liability suit.

Business and industry groups from countries with close U.S. ties are pressing the Treasury Department to ensure their companies can get coveted exceptions from national security reviews of certain inbound foreign investments.

Count the chief of the biggest U.S. bank among doubters of Facebook Inc.’s effort to create a cryptocurrency.