Facebook, Google agreed to team up under antitrust scrutiny: Report - Business Insider

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Facebook and Google agreed to help each other out if they came under antitrust scrutiny, lawsuit alleges

Last week a coalition of state attorneys general filed a heavily redacted antitrust lawsuit against Google over its ads business.

While it was already known the suit alleges Google and Facebook struck a deal, the revelation they agreed to team up against antitrust scrutiny is new. Also included was an internal Google communication from November 2017 which mentioned a potential "partnership" with Facebook said the company's aim was to "collaborate when necessary to maintain status quo."

 

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