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Google faces major antitrust lawsuits for alleged search monopoly As the gateway to the internet, Google has systematically degraded the ability of other companies to access consumers.
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On Thursday, an antitrust lawsuit was filed against Google for alleging the tech giant dominates the general search results. Google is now in a battle with state and federal prosecutors, who have accused the iconic search engine of monopolizing online searches.
A coalition of 38 states and territories led by Colorado and Nebraska including Arizona, Iowa, New York, North Caroline, Tennessee and Utah, is “seeking to consolidate the case with a landmark suit filed by the United States Department of Justice,” C|Net reported. This is the third antitrust suit filed against the tech giant within a few weeks.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller
Iowa is joining a group of 38 states including Nebraska and Colorado that are filing a lawsuit against Google over alleged uncompetitive practices.
A bipartisan group of attorneys general is accusing the tech giant of abusing monopolies in search and digital advertising to control consumer data and block competitors from providing search services on connected devices such as smart speakers.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller called it the largest antitrust case since another he was part of in the 1990s against Microsoft. He said some claim it was the Microsoft lawsuit that gave rise to Google.
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A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended authorizing emergency use of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine. The 20-0 vote, with one abstention, cleared the way for FDA approval, which is expected on Friday. Moderna s late-phase trials concluded that the two-dose vaccine was 94 percent effective. The evidence for the vaccine highly outweighs any issues that we have seen, said panel member Hayley Gans, a Stanford University pediatrics professor. Moderna s vaccine will be the second to receive emergency approval. A campaign to administer the vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, began this week. Moderna expects this month to deliver 20 million doses of its vaccine, which doesn t require special freezers like Pfizer s. [
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