Google Sued by States for Abuse of Search-Market Dominance

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A bipartisan coalition of states sued Alphabet's Google Thursday alleging broad antitrust violations in the online search market (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-17/google-sued-by-states-over-abuse-of-dominance-in-search-market), marking the third U.S. case against the search giant in two months. From a report:The lawsuit, led by Colorado, Iowa and other states, marks the latest escalation of the antitrust battle against Google. It comes a day after 10 Republican state attorneys general led by Texas sued the company for anticompetitive practices (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/20/12/16/2059234/texas-plans-to-sue-google-for-alleged-anticompetitive-behavior), and follows an October complaint by the Justice Department (https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/10/20/1328235/us-accuses-google-of-protecting-illegal-monopoly). "Combined with the other recent lawsuits filed against Google, never before have so many states and the federal government come together to challenge a company with such power," Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said a statement. "Google has more data on consumers, and more variety of information, than perhaps any entity in history." The lawsuit, filed by 38 attorneys general, accuses Google of illegally monopolizing internet search and search advertising through a series of anticompetitive contracts and conduct, hurting consumers and advertisers in the process.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/12/17/197245/google-sued-by-states-for-abuse-of-search-market-dominance