US sues Google over digital ad market monopoly

gatorguy

kmarei said:

US sues Google over digital ad market monopoly = fund raising for US politicians

Guess who's getting campaign contributions from google

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?all=2014&id=D000022008

For comparison: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/apple-inc/summary?id=D000021754
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-corp/summary?id=D000000115

edited January 2023

foregoneconclusion

This is a court case, so the Justice Department will have to use evidence to prove their case according to the existing laws. That's different than what is going on in the EU, where it's mostly legislative action that doesn't require any proof of anticompetitive behavior.