Factbox-U.S. government, state lawsuits pile up against Big Tech market dominance

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Texas, backed by nine other states, filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday, accusing the internet search company of breaking antitrust law in how it runs its online advertising business.

- Texas, backed by nine other states, filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday, accusing the internet search company of breaking antitrust law in how it runs its online advertising business.

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a combination photo. REUTERS/File Photo The lawsuit comes more than a year after it was revealed that the U.S. Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and big groups of state attorneys general had major antitrust probes under way of Big Tech platforms: Google, Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc and Facebook Inc.Justice Department lawsuit against Google:

The U.S. Justice Department sued Google in October, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals.A bipartisan group of more than 30 state attorneys general is expected to file an antitrust complaint against Google on Thursday. These states, which include Colorado, have said they hope to consolidate their case with the government’s.

Reporting by Diane Bartz and Nandita Bose in Washington, and Paresh Dave in Oakland, Calif.; Editing by Chris Sanders and Matthew Lewis

 

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YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE EU🇪🇺AND AUSTRALIA🇦🇺ALSO INVESTIGATING ALL TECHGIANTS REGARDING UNLAWFUL MONOPOLIES AND VIOLATIONS OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS THERE

needed, break them up

It's about time. These guys have run our lives for the last 20 years. Let's fix it so our kids don't have to deal with it. Heaven knows they have enough to worry about.

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