Google tells Texas judge to throw out anti-trust law suit

Stefan Mileschin · 25th January 2022, 07:15

No proof of doing someone wrong

Alphabet's Google asked a federal judge to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market.

Google said the states failed to show that it illegally worked with Facebook, now Meta, to counter "header bidding," a technology that publishers developed to make more money from advertising placed on their websites.

The states had also alleged that Google used at least three programmers to manipulate ad auctions to coerce advertisers and publishers into using Google's tools. Google responded that the states had a "collection of grievances" but no proof of wrongdoing. On other allegations, Google argued the states waited too long to file its lawsuit.

"They criticise Google for not designing its products to better suit its rivals' needs and for making improvements to those products that leave its competitors too far behind. They see the 'solution' to Google's success as holding Google back," the company said in its filing.

https://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/542...trust-law-suit

25th January 2022, 07:15	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,802	Google tells Texas judge to throw out anti-trust law suit No proof of doing someone wrong Alphabet's Google asked a federal judge to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market. Google said the states failed to show that it illegally worked with Facebook, now Meta, to counter "header bidding," a technology that publishers developed to make more money from advertising placed on their websites. The states had also alleged that Google used at least three programmers to manipulate ad auctions to coerce advertisers and publishers into using Google's tools. Google responded that the states had a "collection of grievances" but no proof of wrongdoing. On other allegations, Google argued the states waited too long to file its lawsuit. "They criticise Google for not designing its products to better suit its rivals' needs and for making improvements to those products that leave its competitors too far behind. They see the 'solution' to Google's success as holding Google back," the company said in its filing. https://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/542...trust-law-suit

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