12-16-2020, 08:36 PM
States file antitrust lawsuit against Google’s advertising business
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<p>A group of state attorneys general led by Texas have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google focused on the company’s advertising technology and its dominance in the ad industry.
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<p>The complaint, filed on Wednesday, goer after Google’s alleged stranglehold on the advertising technology market. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit in a clip, though the full complaint is not currently available.
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<p>In the announcement clip, Paxton claims that Google uses its monopoly power to control pricing and “engage in market collusion to rig auctions.” He adds that Google has eliminated its competition and “crowned itself the head of online advertising.” </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Texas takes the lead once more! Today, we’re filing a lawsuit against <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Google?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Google</a> for anticompetitive conduct.</p>
<p>This internet Goliath used its power to manipulate the market, destroy competition, and harm YOU, the consumer. Stay tuned <a href="https://t.co/fdEVEWQb0e">pic.twitter.com/fdEVEWQb0e</a></p>
<p>— Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) <a href="https://twitter.com/TXAG/status/1339283520099856384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote></div>
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<p>“If the free market were a baseball game, Google positioned itself as the pitcher, the batter and the umpire,” Paxton said.
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<p>Multiple other states will join Texas in the lawsuit, though Paxton has yet to announce which other states are involved. <em>CNBC</em> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/texas-leads-new-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google-targeting-ad-tech.html">reports</a> that the other states are all Republican-led.
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<p>The new complaint follows several months after the Department of Justice <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/26/google-versus-the-us-department-of-justices-antitrust-lawsuit----the-story-so-far">lodged</a> its own lawsuit against the search and advertising giant, though the department’s lawsuit focuses on the company’s search business. However, the Justice Department is also investigating Google’s ad tech dominance and could still file a lawsuit for that.
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<p><em>Politico</em> on Wednesday <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/15/states-google-antitrust-lawsuit-445950">reported</a> that another bipartisan coalition of states, led by the attorneys general of Colorado and Nebraska, could soon launch a third lawsuit against Google.</p>
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<p>A group of state attorneys general led by Texas have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google focused on the company’s advertising technology and its dominance in the ad industry.
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<p>The complaint, filed on Wednesday, goer after Google’s alleged stranglehold on the advertising technology market. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit in a clip, though the full complaint is not currently available.
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<p>In the announcement clip, Paxton claims that Google uses its monopoly power to control pricing and “engage in market collusion to rig auctions.” He adds that Google has eliminated its competition and “crowned itself the head of online advertising.” </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Texas takes the lead once more! Today, we’re filing a lawsuit against <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Google?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Google</a> for anticompetitive conduct.</p>
<p>This internet Goliath used its power to manipulate the market, destroy competition, and harm YOU, the consumer. Stay tuned <a href="https://t.co/fdEVEWQb0e">pic.twitter.com/fdEVEWQb0e</a></p>
<p>— Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) <a href="https://twitter.com/TXAG/status/1339283520099856384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote></div>
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<p>“If the free market were a baseball game, Google positioned itself as the pitcher, the batter and the umpire,” Paxton said.
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<p>Multiple other states will join Texas in the lawsuit, though Paxton has yet to announce which other states are involved. <em>CNBC</em> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/texas-leads-new-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google-targeting-ad-tech.html">reports</a> that the other states are all Republican-led.
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<p>The new complaint follows several months after the Department of Justice <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/26/google-versus-the-us-department-of-justices-antitrust-lawsuit----the-story-so-far">lodged</a> its own lawsuit against the search and advertising giant, though the department’s lawsuit focuses on the company’s search business. However, the Justice Department is also investigating Google’s ad tech dominance and could still file a lawsuit for that.
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<p><em>Politico</em> on Wednesday <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/15/states-google-antitrust-lawsuit-445950">reported</a> that another bipartisan coalition of states, led by the attorneys general of Colorado and Nebraska, could soon launch a third lawsuit against Google.</p>
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