Gorilla Google hit with third lawsuit as US states sue over search dominance
Google is accused of abusing its market power to make its search engine dominant
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December 18, 2020
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Google faced its third major lawsuit in two months on Thursday as 38 US states and territories accused the $1 trillion company of abusing its market power to try to make its search engine as dominant inside cars, TVs, and speakers as it is in phones.
The lawsuit against the company’s parent Alphabet Inc follows years of complaints that it and other big tech firms including Facebook and Amazon use their massive market power to smite competitors in pursuit of profits.
A group of more than 30 states have filed a third antitrust lawsuit against Google, this time focusing on the design of the company s search engine and its tactics to maintain market dominance.
The complaint, lodged in the D.C. District Court on Thursday, accuses Google s of anticompetitive behavior with its search engine business, the
New York Timesreported. That includes allegedly designing the search engine in a way that pushes out smaller, more specialized rivals.
Along with downplaying third-party websites, the state prosecutors also accuse Google of using exclusive deals like the one with Apple to prioritize its search engine over rivals like DuckDuckGo.
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Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Google s search page is displayed on a laptop in an arranged photograph taken in New York on July 24. The tech giant was hit by a lawsuit from 38 attorneys general on Thursday, the third major legal challenge against Google in two months.
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When you search on Google, do you get the best results? Or the results that are best for Google?
That question is at the heart of the latest lawsuit to challenge the tech giant s dominance over Internet search and advertising.
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