Inside the Google-Facebook Ad Deal at the Heart of a Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Posted on AllSides December 29th, 2020
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State attorneys general said in a lawsuit earlier this month that a 2018 business agreement between two digital advertising giants, Facebook Inc. FB -0.08% and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.98% Google, was an illegal price-fixing deal. Lawmakers are calling for further investigation. The companies say it was above board.
The Wall Street Journal viewed part of a recent unredacted draft version of the lawsuit, which elaborates on allegations in the redacted complaint filed in a Texas federal district court.
Ten Republican attorneys general, led by Texas’ Ken Paxton, say Google gave...
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