Google CEO spars with lawmakers on bias, privacy

Pichai also faced comments and questions about Google's data collection and privacy practices.

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai parried US lawmakers over complaints of political bias and intrusive data collection as the Internet giant came under heavy criticism from conservatives.

"We build our products in a neutral way," Pichai said in one exchange with a lawmaker, and added later: "We approach our work without any political bias."