What Is Happening With the Antitrust Suit Against Google?

10/20/20
 
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from The New York Times,
10/20/20:

The suit is the first antitrust action against the company to result from investigations by American regulators.

What is really happening here?

This is one step against a single company. But it is also a response to the policy question of what measures, if any, should be taken to curb today’s tech giants, which hold the power to shape markets, communication and even public opinion.

Politics steered the timing and shape of this suit. Attorney General William P. Barr wanted to move quickly to take action before the election, making good on President Trump’s pledge to take on Big Tech. Eleven states joined the suit.

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