{"id":35587,"date":"2023-01-24T20:15:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/?p=35587"},"modified":"2023-01-24T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:15:26","slug":"public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Knowledge Hails DOJ Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Online Advertising Monopolization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23584912-google_doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antitrust lawsuit<\/a> against Google. The suit claims that Google \u201cunlawfully monopolized\u201d the online advertising market by buying up would-be competitors, freezing out rivals, and leveraging its market power in some markets to dominate others. The suit follows our letter urging the Justice Department to review Google\u2019s conduct for anticompetitive behavior in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/documents\/public-knowledge-doj-letter-on-potential-google-antitrust-conduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advertising technology<\/a> market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following can be attributed to Charlotte Slaiman, Competition Policy Director at Public Knowledge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy suing Google for monopolizing advertising technology, the DOJ today aims at the heart of the internet giant\u2019s power. The complaint lays out the many anticompetitive strategies from Google that have held our internet ecosystem back. According to the DOJ, publishers like newspapers are getting less ad revenue and advertisers are paying more to get their products in front of potential customers. But diminished competition doesn\u2019t just mean higher prices and lower revenue \u2013 it means less innovation. We can\u2019t build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movementforabetterinternet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">better internet<\/a> while one of its main monetization methods \u2013 advertising \u2013 is locked up.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis complaint shows what we can accomplish with the historic investment that the Biden administration has made in fighting monopolies. It\u2019s essential that we see that commitment to this important work continue. Repairing 15 years of anticompetitive conduct to the point where competition can thrive is a huge project. While this complaint today is the culmination of years of work by advocates, academics, and enforcers, there is still so much more to do. Congress must step up and support these bold cases with legislation as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DOJ and several states file suit claiming that the company &#8220;unlawfully monopolized&#8221; the online ad market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-35587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-platform-regulation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Public Knowledge Hails DOJ Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Online Advertising Monopolization - Public Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The DOJ and several states file suit claiming that the company &quot;unlawfully monopolized&quot; the online ad market.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Public Knowledge Hails DOJ Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Online Advertising Monopolization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The DOJ and several states file suit claiming that the company &quot;unlawfully monopolized&quot; the online ad market.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Knowledge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-24T20:15:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pk_social_logo-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shiva Stella\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shiva Stella\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shiva Stella\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f91ba684ee6c75ffda797642f02e2f47\"},\"headline\":\"Public Knowledge Hails DOJ Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Online Advertising Monopolization\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-24T20:15:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Platform Regulation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-hails-doj-lawsuit-against-google-alleging-online-advertising-monopolization\/\",\"name\":\"Public Knowledge Hails DOJ Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Online Advertising Monopolization - 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