Google accused of colluding with Facebook and abusing monopoly power in new lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed by 10 state attorneys general, claims that Google made a deal with Facebook to curtail header bidding so that it could continue to dominate the online ad space.
George Nguyen on December 17, 2020 at 3:01 pm
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Ten state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, alleging that the company has illegally used its monopoly over the online advertising sector to force out competition via a range of exclusionary tactics.
“Plaintiff States seek to restore free and fair competition to these markets and to secure structural, behavioral, and monetary relief to prevent Google from ever again engaging in deceptive trade practices and abusing its monopoly power to foreclose competition and harm consumers,” the filing reads.
Facebook, Apple tussle over iOS privacy changes escalates into full-blown war
With full-page ads in leading US publications, Facebook is apparently trying to convince regulators to look at Apple s privacy changes
Thursday December 17, 2020 7:08 PM, IANS
San Francisco: The Facebook-Apple war intensified on Thursday when the social networking giant issued full-page newspaper ads once again, claiming that Apple s iOS 14 privacy changes will change the internet as we know it .
The new Facebook ad said that Apple privacy policies will force websites and blogs to start charging you subscription fees or add in-app purchases due to a lack of personalised ads, reports The Verge.
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Facebook Urges Apple to Think of the Small Businesses With iOS 14 Changes
The social network said personalized advertising could be set back by 10 to 20 years
Facebook will take a hit as well in Apple s rule changes.
Facebook, Apple December 16, 2020
Facebook continued its protest against upcoming changes to Apple’s iOS 14 operating system, running print ads Wednesday in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, and holding a press call featuring owners of small and mid-sized businesses bemoaning the potential effects.
Facebook attacks Apple over iOS privacy changes in newspaper ad
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San Francisco, Dec 16 : Facebook has published full-page newspaper ads to criticise Apple for the company s upcoming iOS privacy changes. We re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere, reads the headline of an ad inside the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
Earlier also Facebook had criticised Apple s plan to bring iOS 14 privacy changes that would make it tough to target users with ads.
Apple postponed the full enforcement of privacy practices in iOS 14 until next year after Facebook went out in public against those changes. The feature would require app developers to request users permission to track them across apps for advertising purposes.