Why Google is facing its most serious antitrust challenge to date

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There’s reason to believe the government may be on more solid ground with this case against Google.

by a federal court,” reads a blog post credited to the company’s vice president for global ads, Dan Taylor. “DOJ is doubling down on a flawed argument that would slow innovation, raise advertising fees and make it harder for thousands of small businesses and publishers to grow.”

Previous US government cases have struggled to find their footing. Most famously, a lawsuit against Facebookfor failing to show that the company had a monopoly on social networking, though it was later restored and is still pending. Among other things, hipster antitrust was a response to the fact that many of the biggest companies in tech gave away their services for free.

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