48 U.S. states as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico are launching an investigation as to whether Google violated the antitrust law
The investigation is being led by Texas's attorneys general.
The claim is that Google has "potential monopolistic behavior." This is due to the Silicon Valley Research Project.
The Silicon Valley Research Project was an effort to track U.S. Citizens.
Most of the research by Google was funded and coordinated by Silicon Valley.
Two graduate students were the lead researchers and researched whatever the NSA, the CIA, and the intelligence community hoped for due to them providing the grants.
This was essentially looking to determine how Google advertises to the public. Texas's attorney's general states "If advertising costs are higher, advertisers pay more, and ultimately that's passed on to consumers." which is what Google could be doing.
So far the investigation has found that, 9 out of 10 online searches are conducted through Google and that Google this year will control 31% of global digital ad dollars, according to eMarketer estimates.
As a result, Google agreed to pay $170 million to resolve allegations that did violate the privacy rights of children. It has been confirmed that Google has been tracking children as they watch cartoons and other kid-related videos on YouTube, without parental consent.
Google defended themselves by stating this quote "Things that were science fiction a few years ago are now free for everyone—translating any language instantaneously, learning about objects by pointing your phone, getting an answer to pretty much any question you might have."
Google has not had any further punishment.
Source:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-antitrust-probe-48-u-s-states-launch-antitrust-investigation-of-google-dominance-in-search-ads-and-data/
Source:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-antitrust-probe-48-u-s-states-launch-antitrust-investigation-of-google-dominance-in-search-ads-and-data/
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