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Google confirms it has received a civil-investigative demand from the DOJ, requesting records related to prior antitrust investigations

Google said Friday that the Justice Department has requested records related to its prior antitrust investigations, marking the tech giant's …

Washington Post Tony Romm

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  • @jason_kint Jason Kint on x
    This week at Google: - accused of secretly feeding personal data: https://www.ft.com/... - states to launch antitrust probes https://www.wsj.com/... - to pay $170mm for YouTube child privacy breaches https://www.bloomberg.com/... - receives docs demand from DOJ https://www.washin…
  • @counternotions Kontra on x
    Timing is everything. (Oh, by the way, you got a nice search and ad business going over there; it'd be a shame if something regulatory would happen to it so close to the 2020 elections.) https://twitter.com/...
  • @tonyromm Tony Romm on x
    New: Google receives legal demand for records in DOJ antitrust probe of big tech, per securities filing and blog post, marking its first acknowledgment that, yep, it sure is a target of the feds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • Vox Emily Stewart on x
    Now the states are coming after Google and Facebook, too
  • @dhh @dhh on x
    “The extreme concentration in the technology industry is bad for the consumer, and in our opinion it's bad for America”, be still my beating heart 😍👏🌟 https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @superwuster Tim Wu on x
    The New York antitrust office (of which I'm a veteran) has established itself as the “third pole” of American antitrust enforcement. Facebook investigation latest example https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @jamesvgrimaldi @jamesvgrimaldi on x
    AGs divvy up antitrust work vs. Big Tech: Texas attorney general to lead effort examining impact of Google on digital advertising markets; New York attorney general to helm Facebook review, citing concerns over control of personal data. https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @asherschechter Asher Schechter on x
    NY AG will work with the AGs of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and DC on an antitrust inquiry focused on “Facebook's dominance in the industry and the potential anti-competitive conduct stemming from that dominance” https://www.washingtonpost.c…
  • @democraticags Democratic AGs on x
    #BREAKING NY AG @TishJames is leading a bipartisan coalition of state AGs in an investigation into Facebook for possible antitrust violations. No matter how big, how powerful — Dem AGs have proved time and time again, they will hold companies accountable! https://twitter.com/...
  • @jason_kint Jason Kint on x
    Bipartisan investigation of competition & data intersection. “The AGs involved have concerns over the control of personal data by large tech companies and will hold them accountable for anticompetitive practices that endanger privacy and consumer data.” https://www.wsj.com/...