The Justice Department is prepping for an antitrust probe
of Google, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the
investigation. The nature of the investigation is unclear, USA Today reports.
The Wall
Street Journal report cited sources who said critics outside of Google have
communicated with the Justice Department on the issue.
Shares of
parent company Alphabet fell 6.7 percent on June 3, after the media reports of
the probe.
In 2011,
the Federal Trade Commission sued Google over allegations concerning use
of cookies. Google agreed to pay a fine of $22.5 million settling that
case.
In 2017,
the European Commission fined Google for what the EC alleged was “abusing
dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to 9 (its) own comparison
shopping service.”
This year
the EC hit Google with a penalty for what the EC called “abusive practices in
online advertising.”
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