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Attorneys general from every US state, excluding California and Alabama, as well as DC and Puerto Rico, launch an antitrust investigation into Google

KEY POINTS  — Texas will lead a joint state investigation into Google over antitrust concerns, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday.

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  • @jasonfried Jason Fried on x
    When Google puts 4 paid ads ahead of the first organic result for your own brand name, you're forced to pay up if you want to be found. It's a shakedown. It's ransom. But at least we can have fun with it. Search for Basecamp and you may see this attached ad. https://twitter.com/.…
  • @tonyromm Tony Romm on x
    Paxton, responding to my question, said initial focus is ads but easily could expand. Responding to Reuter's, he said civil demands went out to Google on ads https://twitter.com/...
  • @randfish Rand Fishkin on x
    50 US Attorneys General, from all sides of the political spectrum, are bringing an antitrust case against Google. This is in addition to the DOJ and Congressional investigations. Very few marketers think antitrust regulation will affect the field in the next 3yrs. I disagree. htt…
  • @squawkcnbc Squawk Box on x
    . @Basecamp CEO @JasonFried sounds off on $GOOGL advertising practices “They own that platform and they can essentially weaponize it and sell your trademarked brands against you— it feels like it does tie into anti-trust issues.” pic.twitter.com/IcFlFE2QNU
  • @dhh @dhh on x
    A few years ago, I would never have dared dream that antitrust action against Big Tech would be so close to taking center stage. May Google, and the rest of the cabal, finally face long days of reckoning. https://www.cbsnews.com/...
  • @lutherlowe Luther Lowe on x
    ICYMI: Yelp's statement in response to the unprecedented 50 state Google antitrust investigation announcement https://blog.yelp.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @rdrv3 David Ruddock on x
    my question remains: What exactly is there at Google to “break up”? The ad unit is the business. Everything else is essentially irrelevant. I'm not sure how you pull a Bell on Google. https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @b_fung Brian Fung on x
    It's 50 AGs involved — 48 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Missing are California and Alabama.
  • @karlbode Karl Bode on x
    A lot of these states have historically had ZERO problem with predatory telecom monopolies ripping users off and hamstringing competitors on a daily basis. I mean Google certainly has created plenty of problems worth looking at, but maybe be consistent? https://twitter.com/...
  • @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x
    The antitrust case against Google in a tweet. https://twitter.com/...