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[ad_1] The Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition. The US Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition.The government alleges that Google's plan to assert dominance has been to “neutralize or eliminate” rivals through acquisitions and to force advertisers to use its products by making it difficult to use competitors' products. The antitrust suit was filed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Attorney General Merrick Garland was expected to discuss it at a news conference later Tuesday. The DOJ's suit accuses Google of unlawfully monopolizing the way ads are served online by excluding competitors. This inc...

[ad_1] More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators to use newly adopted tech rules. More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros ($2.33 billion) five years ago and told the firm to stop favouring its shopping service. The company subsequently said it would treat its own shopping service the same as competitors when they bid in an auction for adverts in the shopping box that appears at the top of a search page. But in a letter to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, the 43 companies - which inc...

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US sues Google over digital ads

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case – letter