Sources: the EU is set to hit Google with a formal antitrust complaint regarding the company's ad tech, with a statement of objections coming as soon as June 14
Bloomberg Samuel Stolton
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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Their most offensive 😂 argument. “The company has also said it has no plans to sell or exit the ad-tech business, in part because it wants to support the business model for websites so that its core search-engine business has more sites to find.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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Yes, Google's reason for maintaining its adtech business - inclusive of antitrust and privacy enforcement risks - is it wants to help fund publishers. That's seriously the argument Kent Walker and team continue to sell - they're doing it for the open web and search. Pure comedy. …
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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kaboom. “Google has long held a key position in which it's able to collect data allowing advertisers to target ads, as well as sell ad space and provide the technology that allows for advertisers to find publishers to sell their space.” 1/2 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@rustybrick
Barry Schwartz
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Brace for it... https://twitter.com/...