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Google will send a top policy executive to testify at Wednesday’s Senate app store antitrust hearing, while legal executives from Spotify Technology SA, Tile and Match Group Inc. will serve as witnesses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Google Senior Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy Wilson White will be the search giant’s representative, joining Apple Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer in the spotlight. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on… Source link

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Russia’s The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) will analyze all search services, both Russian and foreign, as part of the consideration of the case against Yandex internet company, the regulator’s press service reported. “As part of the consideration of the case against Yandex, the FAS will analyze all legal relations that involve search services (both Russian and foreign ones) operating in the Russian Federation,” the press service said. Source link

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Google for years operated a secret program that used data from past bids in the company’s digital advertising exchange to allegedly give its own ad-buying system an advantage over competitors, according to court documents filed in a Texas antitrust lawsuit. The program, known as “Project Bernanke,” wasn’t disclosed to publishers who sold ads through Google’s ad-buying systems. It generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the… Source link

The program, known as “Project Bernanke,” wasn’t disclosed to publishers who sold ads through Google’s ad-buying systems. It generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the company annually, the documents show. In its lawsuit, Texas alleges that the project gave Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., an unfair competitive advantage over rivals. The documents filed this week were part of Google’s initial response to the Texas-led antitrust lawsuit, which was filed in… Source link

Google for years operated a secret program that used data from past bids in the company’s digital advertising exchange to allegedly give its own ad-buying system an advantage over competitors, according to court documents filed in a Texas antitrust lawsuit. The program, known as “Project Bernanke,” wasn’t disclosed to publishers who sold ads through Google’s ad-buying systems. It generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the company annually, the… Source link

FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the search and advertising giant said the government was being unreasonable. In a joint filing late Thursday, the Justice Department said… Source link

FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the search and advertising giant said the government was being unreasonable. In a joint filing late Thursday, the Justice Department said… Source link

FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the search and advertising giant said the government was being unreasonable. In a joint filing late Thursday, the Justice Department said… Source link

Five more attorneys general joined a lawsuit against Google (GOOG, GOOGL) this week accusing it of “antitrust evils” tied to its ad tech business, escalating one of three antitrust cases faced by the search giant in the U.S. The move follows revelations earlier this month that the Biden administration will add high-profile big tech critic Tim Wu and nominate prominent antitrust scholar Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Despite the increased regulatory pressure, Google Chief… Source link

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link