US states are suing Google: here’s what you need to know
Published Date: 12/17/2020
Source: technologyreview.com
So what happened?  Texas and nine other Republican-led states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company has monopolized digital advertising by means that include anti-competitive agreements with Facebook.  Google, the suit alleges, not only connects ad buyers and sellers; it operates the exchange and manipulates the rules and algorithms to favor…