Sources detail US antitrust investigations into Google, which are focusing on how the company bundles its ad tools in potentially anticompetitive ways
Bloomberg : Tweets: @alistairmbarr , @jason_kint , @gerritd , @thekenyeung , and @mhbergen See also Mediagazer Tweets: Alistair Barr / @alistairmbarr : U.S. officials building an antitrust case against Google are probing how the company ties its adtech, display ad and search products together https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology @GerritD @mhbergen Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Yup. “For some critics, the larger concern is how Google passes information between its different arms in ways that is prohibited in other industries.” The intersection of data and competition policy. It's the battlefield I'll die on and why...1/2 https://www.bloomberg.com/... Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd : NEW: Federal investigators are asking detailed questions about whether Google uses its dominance in search and data to boost its adtech business. With @mhbergen https://www.bloomberg.com/... Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : Regulators “building an antitrust case against Google are investigating whether the company engages in tying, the practice of bundling different products together in a way that can block out competitors and give the seller an unfair advantage.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : “Google is where you have to be. There is no good alternative.” The DOJ has asked many questions this summer about Google's byzantine ad-tech operations. @GerritD and I unpacked it all in plainspeak. https://www.bloomberg.com/... See also Mediagazer