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Justice Dept. expected to file antitrust action vs. Google
Associated Press ^ | September 25, 2020 | Michael Balsamo and Marcy Gordon

Posted on 09/24/2020 9:24:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Justice Department is expected to bring an antitrust action against Google in coming weeks, focusing on its dominance in online search and whether it was used to stifle competition and hurt consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Thursday.

The department also is examining Google’s online advertising practices, said the person, who could not discuss an ongoing investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Antitrust officials at the department briefed state attorneys general Thursday on the planned action against Google, seeking support from states across the country that share concerns about Google’s conduct.

The anticipated lawsuit against Google could be the government’s biggest legal offensive to protect competition since the groundbreaking case against Microsoft almost 20 years ago.

Lawmakers and consumer advocates accuse Google of abusing its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and boost its profits. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: antitrust; doj; google; internet; trustbarr
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Pathetic. Diversion. Google is not the problem. No one is required to use Google. Use Bing, Yahoo, ... you have choices.

ATT owns CNN. ATT is the nation’s #1 federally licensed telecom provider. Every ATT subscriber is directly contributing to the well-being of CNN.

Comcast (aka Con-Cast) owns NBC, MSNBC. Comcast is the #3 federally licensed telecom provider. Same abuses as ATT.

Not one public figure besides Trump speaks to the telecom outrage.

But ya’ll keep bitching about the opt-in tech you choose to embrace. Idiots... feckless idiots.


21 posted on 09/25/2020 2:15:30 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Salamander

Have you tried Pinterest?

And of course, you should have decent website.


22 posted on 09/25/2020 2:23:10 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: rob from twitter

Avenatti read it —- just not very closely


23 posted on 09/25/2020 4:42:22 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Olog-hai

Sweet! I hope it s Alphabet and not just Google. YouTube needs to be swept up in the antitrust action too.


24 posted on 09/25/2020 4:50:49 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Salamander

Sorry to hear that. Yeah, a business expects to be treated just as fairly in future years as the first one.

Small businesses have it rough.


25 posted on 09/25/2020 4:20:34 PM PDT by rob from twitter (Rob on Politics mostly on twitter: @robsurber)
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To: LouieFisk

Right. My phone is an Android. And it feels like chrome is embedded.


26 posted on 09/25/2020 4:22:53 PM PDT by rob from twitter (Rob on Politics mostly on twitter: @robsurber)
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To: rob from twitter

“And it feels like chrome is embedded.”

There are several good alternatives at Google Store, try Firefox or Opera browsers. Just make sure they are Google verified, so you don’t install something “Crazy Ivan’s Firefox/Opera really good browser” or “Xi’s Bestest Browser Ever”. Then make one your default browser - they usually ask when you start them up and you can change it back to Chrome anytime you want.


27 posted on 09/27/2020 10:49:35 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
Thank you for the advice. ☺️
28 posted on 09/28/2020 11:32:48 AM PDT by rob from twitter ('Rob on Politics' mostly on twitter: @robsurber)
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