Headline Roundup • August 10th, 2022
DOJ Prepares New Antitrust Suit Against Google
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Justice Department is reportedly preparing to sue Google over its dominance in the online advertising market.
Bloomberg (Lean Left bias) on Tuesday released a report that revealed the Justice Department's lawyers have been conducting interviews with publishers to strengthen their lawsuit, which could be filed as soon as next month. In a previous lawsuit filed in October 2020, the Trump-era Justice Department accused Google of "unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising in the United States."
In response, Google reasoned that its strategies are driven by consumer demand and don't discourage competition. One way that the tech company is said to be looking into splitting its digital advertising space into a separate unit under its parent company, Alphabet, according to the Wall Street Journal (Center bias).
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The Biden administration may launch a new offensive against Google this fall aimed at the tech giant’s advertising business, escalating the government’s battle with Big Tech to new heights.
The Justice Department is primed to file a new antitrust lawsuit as soon as September against Google over its alleged advertising market dominance, according to Bloomberg. Publishers have faced questions from antitrust division lawyers as the government reportedly prepares its litigation.
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The US Department of Justice is preparing to sue Google over its dominance in the online advertising market, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. A lawsuit could be filed as soon as next month.
The Justice Department is engaged in a round of interviews with publishers to gather more information for its complaint, according to Bloomberg, which cited three unidentified sources.
In 2020, the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for its dominance in the search market and its alleged efforts to suppress competition in search. The lawsuit is still working its way through...
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The Justice Department has in recent weeks conducted new interviews for its investigation into Google’s ad technology, a sign it may be moving closer to filing its second antitrust case against the company, said three people with knowledge of the matter.
The Justice Department for more than a year has investigated whether Google abuses its dominance over the interlocking technologies that deliver ads online. Its lawyers are now speaking again with publishers and Google’s competitors to gather new material, confirm evidence and test its legal theory ahead of a possible...
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