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US Prepares To Challenge Google's Online Ad Dominance
mardi 10 septembre 2024, 00:00 , par Slashdot
It would be Google's second antitrust trial in less than a year. In August, a federal judge ruled in a separate case that Google had illegally maintained a monopoly in online search, a major victory for the Justice Department. The new trial is the latest salvo by federal antitrust regulators against Big Tech, testing a century-old competition law against companies that have reshaped the way people shop, communicate and consume information. Federal regulators have also filed antitrust lawsuits against Apple,Amazon and Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, saying those companies have also abused their power. Google's vice president for regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, said in a blog post on Sunday that the Justice Department was 'picking winners and losers in a highly competitive industry.' 'With the cost of ads going down and the number of ads sold going up, the market is working,' she said. 'The DOJ's case risks inefficiencies and higher prices -- the last thing that America's economy or our small businesses need right now.' Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2112257/us-prepares-to-challenge-googles-online-ad-dominanc...
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