Google says Texas’ suit claiming unfair advertising sales practices ‘misleading’

  • In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint about Google’s advertising technology business
  • Google argues that its rates are fair, the marketplace is open and that it does not favour a single partner

Google is facing several suits alleging it abused its dominance of the internet search business or otherwise broke antitrust law. Photo: Reuters

Google said on Sunday that antitrust claims in a Texas lawsuit were “misleading”, responding in a blog post as state attorneys general plan suits against the Alphabet unit.

In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint about Google’s advertising technology business, in one of several suits alleging that Google abused its dominance of the internet search business or otherwise broke antitrust law.

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