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CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Department of Justice’s latest challenge to Google’s tech empire is an ambitious swing at the company with the potential to rearrange the digital advertising market. But alongside the possibility of great reward comes significant risk in seeking to push the boundaries of antitrust law. “DOJ is going big or going home here,” said Daniel Francis, who teaches antitrust at… Source link

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Aneesh Chopra, first U.S. chief technology officer in the Obama administration, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss Google’s ad dominance, the proposed merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, and more. Source link

Google is likely to be sued buy the U.S. Department of Justice in September on the grounds that its advertising network is a monopoly. What that means for marketers isn’t yet clear, but there are steps they can take to prepare for disruptions. The DoJ news comes as Google again postponed deprecation of the third-party tracking cookie, this time until the second half of 2024. While Apple blocked third-party cookies several years ago, Google has postponed the process for the Chrome browser… Source link

Background: The DOJ and 11 states sued Google for antitrust violations on Oct. 20, two weeks before the presidential election. The majority of U.S. states, who have been investigating Google over antitrust concerns since Sept. 2019, opted to hold off signing on to the DOJ’s suit because of concerns about the timing and litigation strategy. That group, led by Colorado and Nebraska, is expected to file its own antitrust suit against Google over its power in the online search market in the… Source link

The Justice Department’s top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday, just hours after Attorney General William Barr instructed federal prosecutors to probe allegations of voting irregularities before states certify results. In a memo on Monday, Barr authorized “specific instances” of investigative steps, such as interviewing witnesses during a time that would normally require permission from the elections crimes section, and said prosecutors had the power to investigate, but… Source link