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U.S. DOJ accuses Google of dragging its feet in antitrust trial

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

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Antitrust enforcement threat ‘not new for Google’

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

By Paresh Dave and 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. Alphabet Inc’s Google a year ago announced it would ban some cookies in its Chrome browser to increase user privacy. Over the last two months, Google released… Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

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

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