US EditionGoogle Antitrust Trial Begins With Opening Arguments, DOJ Witnesses
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For Google, this is the second antitrust lawsuit in the USA within a short period of time: The tech group is accused of having established a prohibited monopoly on the market for online advertising. Once again, everything is at stake for the company in a Virginia courtroom.
Google Antitrust Trial Begins With Opening Arguments, DOJ Witnesses
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Opening arguments and initial testimony began in Virginia on Sept. 9 as the Justice Department (DOJ) sought to convince a judge that Google’s purported monopolization of the digital advertising technology market violated antitrust law. DOJ attorney Julia Wood told a federal judge that Google dominated multiple aspects of the advertising technology industry while unfairly quashing competition. Filed in 2023, DOJ’s complaint allege…
The antitrust lawsuit over Google's market monopoly was held in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on September 9, 2024, with both the Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general and Google making opening statements. In the opening statements, the authorities harshly criticized Google for dominating both the buying and selling sides of advertising and the advertising market itself. Read more...
Google Ad Dominance: Antitrust trial begins
A Justice Department prosecutor stated that Google aimed to dominate every aspect of online advertising technology by exerting control over both competitors and customers, as the tech giant’s latest antitrust trial kicked off in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. Prosecutors say Google has largely dominated the technological infrastructure that funds the flow of news and information on websites through more than 150,000 online ad sales every secon…
U.S. accuses Google of dominating ad tech market as antitrust trial begins - TV360 Nigeria
The U.S. government is taking aim at the engine of Google’s immense wealth – its extremely lucrative ad tech business. A trial beginning on Monday will hear the Department of Justice’s case that the search engine’s parent company Alphabet illegally operates a monopoly in the market. The company earned more than $200 billion (£152bn) in 2023 through the placing and selling of ads seen by internet users. Alphabet has argued its success is du…
The Antitrust Trial Against Google Ad Tech Begins Today
Today, Google faces off against the US Department of Justice in an antitrust case that will focus on the tech giant’s ad tech and its potential monopolization of the industry. Google has had more than its fair share of antitrust problems. As one of the biggest tech firms in the world, the company has been lambasted on more than one occasion for stifling competition and monopolizing industries. Now, this new antitrust case could have a big impact…
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