Tag: Antitrust

Google faces another antitrust complaint

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A group of US states led by Texas has filed an amended complaint against Alphabet’s Google, accusing the tech giant of using coercive tactics and violating antitrust laws in its efforts to boost its already dominant advertising business. The updated allegations are the latest in an attack by Google’s regulatory scrutiny on its practices. The tech company faces several lawsuits, including one by the Department of Justice for monopolistic practices. Earlier this week, Google lost an appeal against a $2.8 billion EU antitrust decision. The amended US lawsuit, filed in…

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A $4.3 billion class action lawsuit against Google has been blocked by the UK High Court

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The UK’s Supreme Court has blocked a 3.2 billion pound ($4.3 billion) British class action lawsuit against Google over allegations that the internet giant illegally tracked the personal information of millions of iPhone users. Britain’s top judges unanimously approved Google’s appeal against the country’s first such data privacy case on Wednesday, a move that alarms a string of similar allegations waiting in the wings against companies like Facebook and TikTok. The landmark case led by Richard Lloyd, a consumer rights activist and former director of Which? magazine, to extend Britain’s…

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