After losing a key antitrust case this week, Google has to square off next month against government prosecutors claiming the giant also abused its dominance of search advertising technology.
  • Vector@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

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    The second case that begins next month began with a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by the Justice Department and eight states in December 2020, during former President Trump’s administration.

    Prosecutors allege that since at least 2015 Google has thwarted meaningful competition and deterred innovation through its ownership of the entities and software that power the online advertising technology market.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 months ago

      A cool thing about corporate crime is that they can do it for a decade or so before anyone opens a court case… And by then the corporation can afford endless lawyers.