Justice department alleges Google tried to ‘eliminate’ ad market rivals in lawsuit
by Guardian staff and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#6857X)
The DoJ and eight states have filed a complaint against the tech company for violating antitrust laws
The US justice department and eight states filed a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google on Tuesday over allegations that the company abused its dominance of the digital advertising business, according to a court document.
Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful means to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies," the government said in its antitrust complaint.
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