Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google

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The US government has used anti-trust laws to break up monopolies. They ought to break up Facebook. Section 2 of the Sherman Act highlights particular results deemed anticompetitive by nature and prohibits actions that ‘shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations.’ Couldn’t the same be applied to information? The United States government took down Standard Oil, Alcoa, Northern Securities, the American Tobacco Company and many others without nearly the power that Google and Facebook have.

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Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google

Both the federal and state investigations are focused on Google’s ad business
In addition to looking at the social-media giant’s ad business, the Justice Department is focusing more broadly on how Google has used its search dominance.

By Wall Street Journal May 15, 2020 4:32 pm ET

WASHINGTON—Both the Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet Inc.’s Google—and are well into planning for litigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department is moving toward bringing a case as soon as this summer, some of the people said. At least some state attorneys general—led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican—are likely to file a case, probably in the fall, people familiar with the matter said.

Much of the states’ investigation has focused on Google’s online advertising business. The company owns the dominant tool at every link in the complex chain between online publishers and advertisers. The Justice Department likewise is making Google’s ad technology one of its points of emphasis. But it is also focusing more broadly on concerns that Google uses its dominant search business to stifle competition, people familiar with the matter said.

Details about the Justice Department’s legal theories for a case against Google couldn’t be learned.

Though the coronavirus pandemic has complicated work for the Justice Department, Attorney General William Barrhas devoted considerable resources to the Google probe and continues to treat it as a top priority. Mr. Barr told The Wall Street Journal in March that he wanted the Justice Department to make a final call this summer. “I’m hoping that we bring it to fruition early summer,” Mr. Barr said at the time. “And by fruition I mean, decision time.”

Mr. Paxton of Texas said the pandemic was not slowing the states’ efforts. “We’ve issued [civil subpoenas] to Google and impacted third parties. We hope to have the investigation wrapped up by fall,” Mr. Paxton said in a statement. “If we determine that filing is merited we will go to court soon after that.”

“We continue to engage with the ongoing investigations led by the Department of Justice and Attorney General Paxton, and we don’t have any updates or comments on speculation. Our focus is firmly on providing services that help consumers, support thousands of businesses and enable increased choice and competition,” a Google spokeswoman said.

The federal government has shared information it has received from Google with Texas and the other states, some people familiar with the matter said.

The department continues to gather information in its probe and all signs point toward it bringing a case, the people said, but both the federal and state investigations are ongoing and no final decisions have been made. Investigations at times can be settled without litigation, though it’s unclear whether an agreement could be reached in the Google probes.

One unanswered question is whether the states will file their own complaint, or simply join in the federal case when it is filed. It’s even possible different groups of states will file separate complaints. Texas has been focused closely on ad tech issues, while some other states have been more interested in Google’s search function, for example, according to people familiar with the matter.

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BanLiberals
BanLiberals
3 years ago

Google is so corrupt, and has gone so Fascist, including its subsidiary YouTube, that the only remedy is to BREAK IT UP, fine it heavily, and ensure that no company can ever do this treacherycomment image again.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  BanLiberals

MAKE Goggle pay people to use their data.
Their stock would crash in one afternoon

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago

New York City Backs Off From Face Mask Enforcement After Controversial Video Emerges
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-york-city-backs-off-from-face-mask-enforcement-after-controversial-video-emerges_3353589.html
Thank you Pamela! Fear of lawsuits is a great political motivator.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

WOW!
What wanna be NAZI THUGS!
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felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

It won’t be resolved in time for the 2020 election.

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Correct. See my post.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Exactly!

Sedition and Treason is to big for any election to fix.

>>> First, Arrest the seditious DOJ top brass and replace them with Judicial Watch!
>>> Arrest the seditious FBI top brass and place all re-vetted agents under the US Marshall’s Service!
>>> The CIA? Burn it down.

>>> Next, Trump must declare Martial Law and arrest the “Deep State” entrenched in the DOJ/CIA/FBI/DNC/CAIR/SPLC/ Leftist Academia …..and all the MSM members Fa☭ebook, Twitter, Go☭☭le, ☭NN, AB☭, NB☭, ☭BS, MSNB☭, ☭NB☭, NPR, WaP0S, HuffP0S, MEDIA MALPRACTICE and THE NY SLIMES.

Time to get serious Trump! Stop wasting time like you did the last 3-1/4 years!

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Exactly!

Sedition and Treason is to big for any election to fix.

>>> First, Arrest the seditious DOJ top brass and replace them with Judicial Watch!
>>> Arrest the seditious FBI top brass and place all re-vetted agents under the US Marshall’s Service!
>>> The CIA? Burn it down.

>>> Next, Trump must declare Martial Law and arrest the “Deep State” entrenched in the DOJ/CIA/FBI/DNC/CAIR/SPLC/ Leftist Academia …..and all the MSM members Fa☭ebook, Twitter, Go☭☭le, ☭NN, AB☭, NB☭, ☭BS, MSNB☭, ☭NB☭, NPR, WaP0S, HuffP0S, MEDIA MALPRACTICE and THE NY SLIMES.

Time to get serious Trump! Stop wasting time like you did the last 3-1/4 years!

Ben Warninya
Ben Warninya
3 years ago

ya just know, doncha, that #BigTech Dbags would do the shiite they’re doing…
WATCH OUT for TROTSKY-Cache !!

Worsethanitlooks
Worsethanitlooks
3 years ago

Going after Google/FB/Twitter legally is good start, but the most effective way to keep the Left from gaining power is to keep winning elections, continue to appoint conservative judges, and purge Obama-era bureaucrats.

Trump just needs 4 more years and an even bigger back hoe.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

We need the right kind of Republicans elected. Paul Ryan could have twisted arms when we have the majority in both houses and he didn’t. He did all possible to sabotage Trump’s agenda. It’s really frustrating.

If Trump gets a second term he has to come down HARD on agenda items not finished and stop listening to left limo liberal Javanka. They constantly try to move him to the LEFT.

tatka150
tatka150
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

and they succeed unfortunately. Why would Trump suddenly changed his mind regarding the contributions to WHO? After all harm they’ve done to USA? I think they should pay the reparations to US together with China.

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  tatka150

‘Why would Trump suddenly changed his mind regarding the contributions to WHO?’ Inquiring minds want to know. I’m counted among the number. Can’t, for the life of me, figure it out!

Krow361
Krow361
3 years ago

I agree 100%.

williamdiamon
williamdiamon
3 years ago

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Trump Owns Dems
Trump Owns Dems
3 years ago
Reply to  williamdiamon

So true!!

Underzog
Underzog
3 years ago

This is war/ Google, youtube, twitter, and facebook have joined the jihad against the West. These idiots don’t know anything about geopolitics. I don’t like antitrust, but I don’t want to be blown up waiting for Mark Zuckerberg; etc., to have an epiphany. The Sears tower in Chicago may be knocked down before that event occurs — if the epiphany even occurs.

The Libertarians will complain about this, but they are Nazis or Nazi sympathizers anyway. Now the Libertarians have founded the antisemitic Quincy Institute with a fellow Jew hater: the sicko, George Soros.

Hopefully, someone good will pick up one of the pieces of those satanic organizations such as Google.

John Acord
John Acord
3 years ago

We do not need to wait on a long dragged out antitrust battle that takes years to resolve, if ever. Google, FB, and Twitter have been captured by agents of the CCP and converted into CCP propaganda organs. As we are at war with the CCP they can be seized by President Trump based on national security grounds. The Trading with The Enemy Act first enacted in 1918, enlarged in 1941 is still in effect and can be used to seize the vast CCP holdings in the US. Our allies such as Panama and Canada should be encouraged to seize the vast Chinese investments in their infrastructure. We have all suffered horrific losses in lives and property and the ruin of our economy. I fear the CCP may be preparing a new more virulent virus or bioweapon to release on us. They have to be stopped now,today,before we are all killed by this murderous band of thugs whose evil has never been equaled in the history of the world.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
3 years ago

Besides all been lefties, there must be a common link to child abuse and we need to crack the evil doings on Little St James Island to bring many down.

More one reads or views one learns more, including more names. The video is not easy but does give names, diagrams, etc.

A Brief History of the Billionaire Sex Island
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-brief-history-of-the-billionaire-sex-island

Scott Kennedy
Scott Kennedy
3 years ago

My wife listens to a podcast from a doctor every night about the Wuhan flu. He is not political. He only reports facts. He reports all the facts and let’s you decide. YouTube took down two of his videos Thursday because he had the audacity to say that the malaria drug was working for some pts. It’s not the right drug for everyone but it does work for some. I don’t know what the left has against hydrooxychloroquine but they do. They have ever since Trump tried to tout it. But regardless they have shut him down for telling the truth. They have shut down information that is a life saving drug for some. The doc has appealed their decision and got one of vídeos put back up. But one still remains removed. Unacceptable. The left is evil.

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago

Glad they finally made the move. But it’s much too late to restrain Google from mischief before and during the most important election in our nation’s history: Google will tie it up, in the courts, far beyond November and into next year or even beyond.

Kriemhild
Kriemhild
3 years ago

I fear this will be just another threat that won’t be carried through. Why doesn’t Trump use his power and authority and get rid of all the evil shenanigans of google and facebook, and arrest and imprison Gates? There is a mountainof evidence, and with good lawyers all this crime could be stopped. Put the president of Google in prison, put him in Guatanamo in an orange prisoners’ overall, he is an enemy of our country and our constitution. Because of him, many articles i would like to see are “not available”. Trump must stop listening to Ivanka and her China-loving husband. Bring back Steve Bannon, what a great intelligent patriot that we need now more than ever.

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
3 years ago

i like it!!!

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
3 years ago

It’s a monopoly. I hope Google, Facebook and Tweeter are broken up like they did to AT&T.

Lagertha
Lagertha
3 years ago

I would be surprised if this goes forward: big government and big business usually scratch each other’s backs. But I hope there is an exception and google does legitimately get punished (and more than just a slap on the wrists).

brian crawford
brian crawford
3 years ago

Clocks tickin on the tech boys…

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