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California is seeking to join the Justice Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Google parent Alphabet Inc., one of the state’s largest businesses. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the motion to join the case in federal court on Friday. “Google’s anticompetitive behavior has unlawfully maintained the company’s monopoly on internet search and search-based advertising at the expense of consumers,” said Becerra. The Justice Department sued… Source link

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health says the state intends to explore the use of Apple and Google’s COVID-19 Exposure Notification tools to tell people in Utah about potential exposures to the virus through their smart devices. As a result of this, the state health department says it’s canceling its previous bid to get other companies to submit their proposals to add their Bluetooth tracking technology to the state’s Healthy Together app. That app came under scrutiny due to… Source link

Google’s payments to Apple to promote its search engine in iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are at the center of the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. The suit alleges this creates a “continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization” by limiting which search engines consumers can use. But as someone who studies platform markets, competition and industry structure, I believe the agreement seems more like a damning indictment of Apple’s own… Source link

The Justice Department says Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) met privately with Apple chief Tim Cook in 2018 to discuss how their two companies could collaborate. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption … Source link

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. What You Need To Know The Department of Justice is expected to file a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google Tuesday The lawsuit will reportedly allege that Google has been abusing its online dominance to stifle… Source link

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The litigation marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. The suit could be an opening salvo ahead of other major government antitrust actions,… Source link

The Alaska Department of Public Safety condemned the actions of Google as “deplorable” after the company canceled a “pay-per-click” recruitment ad for the Alaska State Troopers as it was considered to be political or a potential election advertisement. The advertisement was not completely removed from YouTube, the department said Thursday in a news release, but the department was unable to pay for further distribution of the ad in which Dunleavy expresses support for law… Source link