Twitter Sues Texas Attorney General in Effort to Stop Civil Investigation
Ken Paxton launched the investigation just days after Twitter banned Donald TrumpDaniel Goldblatt | March 8, 2021 @ 7:33 PM
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Twitter filed a lawsuit Monday in an attempt to end a civil investigation that it said was started by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in retaliation for the company banning Donald Trump from its platform.
Following the Capitol riots in January, Paxton announced he was investigating Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Web Services and Apple for the “seemingly coordinated de-platforming of the President of the United States and several leading voices.” As part of the investigation, Paxton sought documents regarding each of the companies’ “policies and practices regarding content moderation.”
Google Faces Another Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search Engine Manipulation
New lawsuit, like an existing Justice Department lawsuit against the tech giant, targets Google’s 90% control over online search in the U.S.Sean Burch | December 17, 2020 @ 12:14 PM Last Updated: December 17, 2020 @ 12:56 PM
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Google is facing yet another antitrust lawsuit. Nearly 40 states filed an antitrust case against the tech giant on Thursday, claiming it rigs its search results to highlight its own products at the expense of competitors. This harms consumers, the states claim, because they end up missing out on the best deals possible.
“For decades, Google has served as the gatekeeper of the internet and has weaponized our data to kill off competitors and control our decision making,” New York Attorney General Letitia James tweeted. “While Google continues to make billions in profits, we’re all paying more for the services we use every day.”