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  • Google Sued by the Department of Justice for Antitrust Issues. Again - CNET

    3 days ago - By CNET

    The DOJ and eight states want to break up Google's ad business.
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  • The Justice Department wants to break up Google's ad business

    3 days ago - By ZDnet

    The US DOJ and a handful of states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the internet giant, accusing it of unlawfully dominating the digital ad tech market.
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  • New DOJ lawsuit wants to break up Google's business over ad dominance

    New DOJ lawsuit wants to break up Google's business over ad dominance

    3 days ago - By Android Central

    The U.S. Justice Department has filed a new lawsuit against Google over anti-competitive practices in the digital advertising market.
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  • US Justice Department Sues Google Over Alleged Advertising Tech Monopoly

    US Justice Department Sues Google Over Alleged Advertising Tech Monopoly

    3 days ago - By SlashGear

    Another lawsuit has been filed against tech giant Google for alleged abuse of power in online advertising, according to a court brief filed in federal court.
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  • U.S. Justice Department, 8 states sue Google over digital ad dominance

    U.S. Justice Department, 8 states sue Google over digital ad dominance

    3 days ago - By PC World

    The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states, including California, filed suit against Google in a Virginia federal court on Tuesday, claiming that the company illegally used its market powers to dominate Internet advertising.
    In a court filing originally reported on by CNN , the DOJ and the states asked the court to, “at minimum,” force Google to divest itself of its Google Ad Manager suite-including both Google's publisher ad server, DFP, and Google's ad exchange, AdX-plus any additional structural relief that the court deemed necessary.
    Google called the suit “an attempt to pick...
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  • Google is being sued by the US government and eight states over online advertising

    Google is being sued by the US government and eight states over online advertising

    3 days ago - By The Verge

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    Google's facing a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice and eight states over its alleged monopoly on the digital advertising market. The agency accuses the company of abusing “monopoly power” at the disadvantage of websites and advertisers who use other advertising tools, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. A press conference is scheduled for 2PM ET to announce the lawsuit.
    “Google's anticompetitive behavior has raised barriers to entry to artificially high levels, forced key competitors to abandon the market for ad tech tools, dissuaded potential...
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  • The Justice Department is suing Google to break up its ad business

    3 days ago - By Engadget

    Alongside eight states, the US Department of Justice is suing Google to break up the company's advertising business. In a complaint filed Tuesday with a federal court in Virginia, the agency accused Google of illegally monopolizing the digital advertising market. “Google's anticompetitive behavior has raised barriers to entry to artificially high levels, forced key competitors to abandon the market for ad tech tools, dissuaded potential competitors from joining the market, and left Google's few remaining competitors marginalized and unfairly disadvantaged,” the Justice Department alleges...
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  • Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance

    3 days ago - By Phys.org

    The Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition.
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  • Google Sued by US Department of Justice for Second Time Over Ad Dominance - CNET

    3 days ago - By CNET

    The DOJ and eight states are calling for Google to break up its ad business.
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  • U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly

    3 days ago - By TechCrunch

    The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust issues, claiming the search giant has monopoly control of the digital ad market. The DOJ is joined by eight states in its complaint, including New York, California, Colorado and more. This action was tipped as early as late 2021, and has clearly been in the works for quite a while.
    The DOJ bases its argument around perceived ill intent by Google in architecting the digital ad market in a way that unfairly favours its own products. From the complaint:
    One industry behemoth, Google, has corrupted legitimate...
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  • DOJ is suing Google for being good at making money

    DOJ is suing Google for being good at making money

    3 days ago - By Android Headlines

    The Justice Department has just announced that it is suing Google, over its online advertising business. And it also wants to force Google to divest parts of its business. This is the first lawsuit filed by the DOJ under the Biden administration, against Google. The previous one was filed under the Trump Admin back in October 2020.
    The DOJ isn't the only one suing Google right now, as it also faces three other antitrust lawsuits. These are from large groups of State Attorney's General. Which includes one that is focused on its advertising business.
    Google's advertising business has always...
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  • U.S. Accuses Google of Abusing Monopoly in Ad Technology

    3 days ago - By NY Times

    The Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit, which a group of states joined, was the fifth against the company since 2020.
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  • Google May Face Another Justice Department Lawsuit for Unfair Dominance - CNET

    3 days ago - By CNET

    The suit focuses on Google's dominant position in the online ad market, Bloomberg reports.
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