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Google disputes Texas’ suit claiming unfair advertising sales practices

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google said on Sunday that antitrust claims in a Texas lawsuit were “misleading,” responding in a blog post as state attorneys general plan suits against the Alphabet Inc unit. In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint about Google’s advertising technology business, in one of… Source link

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Google’s new advertising technology is under investigation over competition concerns from U.K. regulator

Google’s proposed digital advertising tool is being investigated over competition concerns, adding a new weight to the burden of antitrust issues facing the technology giant and its peers like Facebook FB, -0.44% and Amazon AMZN, +0.65%. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, a U.K. regulator, will assess whether a new digital advertising technology proposed by Google, owned by Alphabet GOOGL, +1.32%, … Source link

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Yandex fined $2,000 for inappropriate abortion advertising

11:20 09/12/2020 MOSCOW, December 9 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Directorate of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Yandex company 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for distribution of inappropriate abortion advertising, according to a statement of the watchdog. A similar fine has been also imposed on the medical centre On Clinic. According to the FAS, a citizen has complained about the advertisement disseminated in the system Yandex. Direct. A following check conducted by a territorial… Source link

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Yandex fined $2,000 for inappropriate abortion advertising

11:20 09/12/2020 MOSCOW, December 9 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Directorate of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Yandex company 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for distribution of inappropriate abortion advertising, according to a statement of the watchdog. A similar fine has been also imposed on the medical centre On Clinic. According to the FAS, a citizen has complained about the advertisement disseminated in the system Yandex. Direct. A following check conducted by a territorial… Source link

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Google’s display advertising business is under antitrust probe in Italy – TechCrunch

Italy’s competition authority has opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s display ad business — adding another allegation of abuse of a dominant position to the tech giant’s regulatory woes. In a press release announcing the action the AGCM said it “questions the discriminatory use of the huge amount of data collected through its various applications, preventing rivals from competing effectively as well as adversely affecting consumers”. The probe follows a… Source link

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