Google Hit With 2nd Lawsuit Testing Its Monopoly Power — This One Over Digital Ads
Ten state attorneys general accuse the tech giant of abusing its power to manipulate the digital ad market and crush competitors.
Updated at 9:49 p.m. ET
Republican attorneys general from 10 states sued Google on Wednesday, accusing it of wielding its might in digital advertising to crush competitors, in the second major legal challenge to the tech giant's power this fall.
The , filed in federal court in Texas, focused on Google's outsized role in the complicated chain that links advertisers to publishers selling space online. Google is the biggest player in every link of that chain, and the states allege it has abused that monopoly to boost its own business. They also accuse Google of colluding with Facebook to
