A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system
A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.
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Discussion
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@txag
Texas Attorney General
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BREAKING: Texas takes the lead once more! Today, we're filing a lawsuit against #Google for anticompetitive conduct. This internet Goliath used its power to manipulate the market, destroy competition, and harm YOU, the consumer. Stay tuned... https://twitter.com/...
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@wired
@wired
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If these allegations are true, then both companies may have violated antitrust law—and committed felonies in the process https://www.wired.com/...
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@robinberjon
Robin Berjon
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I mean, yes, we're all in awe of how Facebook and Google colluded through a direct agreement to own advertising together on top of their respective anticompetitive practices. But what I really want to find out is: which Star Wars character did they name that deal after? https://t…
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@johnnyryan
Johnny Ryan
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Para 141 of Texas AG filing against Google & Facebook is incredible: Facebook gave Google access to people's end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp messages, photos, videos, and audio files. I want to see the text of that deal. Was it in US only, or EU too? https://courtlistener.com/... h…
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@parismarx
Paris Marx
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how far have we come that politicians are making campaign-style ads about taking on the tech companies instead of throwing buckets of money at them to send a few data center jobs to their state https://twitter.com/...
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@linamkhan
Lina Khan
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8. The allegations that Google & FB conspired to fix prices & allocate markets are huge, potentially worthy of criminal charges. Basic gist is that Google gave FB's special info & speed advantages so that FB would back off. Great @GiladEdelman overview: https://www.wired.com/...
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@moonalice
Roger McNamee
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This is the best explainer yet on today's AG antitrust case against Google. The filing asserts that Google conspired with Facebook in the digital ads market. If they can prove it — and they appear to have evidence — Google and FB are in huge trouble. https://www.wired.com/...
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@ousfourita
Wafa Ben-Hassine
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This is MASSIVE. Texas AG: “Shortly after FB acquired WhatsApp, in 2015, FB signed an exclusive agreement with Google, *granting Google access to millions of Americans' end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp messages, photos, videos, and audio files.*” @erbrod @eileenguo @nxthompson
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@dseetharaman
Deepa Seetharaman
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Facebook has a featured role in this Google antitrust lawsuit. https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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OK, whew. I've now read all 130 pages of state AGs suit v Google. In three words, Google is royally screwed. Expect... Press headlines: Facebook and Google colluded! Deeper dives: Google turned open web into a walled garden of tying, exclusionary tactics, and privacy fixing.
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@daiwaka
Daisuke Wakabayashi
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One of the most interesting parts of this Texas complaint is an allegation that Google diffused a threat from Facebook by agreeing to give it special advantages in ad auctions. If true, an obvious anticompetitive move by both parties
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@dseetharaman
Deepa Seetharaman
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“As internal Google documents reveal, Google sought to kill competition and has done so through an array of exclusionary tactics, including an unlawful agreement with Facebook, its largest potential competitive threat, to manipulate advertising auctions.” https://www.courtlistene…
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@petersterne
@petersterne
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@alexstamos @ceciliakang If the GDrive backup was unencrypted content (ie Google could mine it), and Google and FB didn't make that clear, then that seems like a problem.
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@tayhatmaker
Taylor Hatmaker
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if that's the case and the rest of the Texas filing is this messy, i'd understand why 30+ AGs decided to sue Google separately https://www.reuters.com/...
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@jowens510
Jeremy C. Owens
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Let's see here. 12 states signed on to federal suit, after California joined late. 10 states total listed in the Texas suit. If we get to 30+ in this suit, some states have to be doubling up ... https://twitter.com/...
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@kylenabecker
Kyle Becker
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BIG TECH.🖥️ “Texas plans to hire Ken Starr, the former independent counsel in the investigation that led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment, to represent the state in an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGLE”... https://www.newsmax.com/...