WASHINGTON: According to foreign media reports, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed that she had talked with Apple CEO Tim Cook about the recent series of antitrust laws, and she added that she told Cook to slow the process.

On Thursday, the House Speaker detailed her conversation with Cook, but maintained her stance that American privacy and data are at the ends of giant technology companies.

Pelosi said she told Cook to let the legislative process continue. "If you have substantive concerns -- and they have members who have voted with them on this -- they can put forth what they want to put forth. But we are not going to ignore the consolidation that has happened and the concern that exists on both sides of the aisle," Pelosi said.

Pelosi also said that the primary concerns of lawmakers are consumers and competition. While technology is an asset to the US, the speaker said she's concerned about fairness, privacy and data exploitation. Just a day earlier, reports indicated that Cook had personally called Pelosi and other lawmakers in an attempt to sway opinion against a recent slate of antitrust bills that could have major changes on the technology industry. Cook reportedly said that the bills were rushed and would stifle innovation and hurt consumers.

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