‘Google must face some advertisers' antitrust claims,’ says US judge
'We got it wrong': Google CEO Sundar Pichai says 'Gemini AI responses show bias' Castel also said Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper chain and publisher of USA Today, could try in a separate case to prove that Google fraudulently concealed anticompetitive effects of some technology. Gannett alleged that it sold some of its ad space directly to advertisers, but Google still made the inventory available for auction on its ad exchange in order to accrue transaction fees for its own benefit.
Google and Gannett did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The judge also ruled in multiple other cases in the nationwide litigation. Google faces a number of claims on antitrust grounds.
Also Read: Gemini AI's controversial stance on Elon Musk and Hitler comparison leaves netizens furious: Know what it said.. The U.S. Justice Department sued Google in January 2023, accusing it of abusing its dominance in digital advertising.
The government asked for the divestiture of the Google Ad Manager suite, including Google's ad exchange, AdX. Google Ad Manager is a suite of tools including one that allows websites to offer advertising space for sale and an exchange that serves as a marketplace that automatically matches advertisers with those publishers. Advertisers and website publishers have complained that Google has not been transparent about where ad dollars go, specifically how much goes to publishers and how much to Google.Milestone Alert!
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