The EU fines Google €2.95B for abusing its dominance in digital ads, and says its preliminary stance is that Google must divest parts of its ad-tech business
www.politico.com/news/2025/09... Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick.com : Can the EU do what the US could not? [embedded post] Mastodon: @darnell@one.darnell.one : I am siding with Google on this one as the...
Google says “we won half of this case and we will appeal the other half” of the US antitrust ruling, and “we disagree” with the decision on its publisher tools
@newsfromgoogle : X: @okayy_dan and @rustybrick X: Daniel Hart / @okayy_dan : “We only got away with half the crimes” :) Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick : Google says they won half the case :) https://w...
Google agrees to pay $350M to settle a lawsuit over a Google+ security lapse that exposed personal data; people who bought stock in 2018-2019 can get a share
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : X: @rustybrick X: Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick : Google+ back from the grave - well, for a lawsuit
The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling for the breakup of its ad tech business that allegedly monopolizes the US ad market
1. An open, vibrant internet is indispensable to American life. Lauren Feiner / CNBC : DOJ files second antitrust suit against Google, seeks to break up its ad business Wall Street Journal : DOJ Sues ...
FTC report from 2012 reveals key staff recommended filing lawsuit against Google for anticompetitive tactics
so FTC did NOTHING Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Does WSJ's U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google Article Show Google Is Evil? Rich Edmonds / Android Central : FTC report recommended suing Goog...