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State Prosecutors Target Google’s Search Business

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Christopher Stern
· · Source: The Information

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general charged Google with violating antitrust laws by using its market power to favor its platform over rivals such as Microsoft’s Bing. They also allege that Google seeks to illegally expand its search dominance through new technologies including voice assistants and Internet-connected cars. The lawsuit claims that Google uses restrictive agreements...

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