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U.S. expected to sue Google next week as DOJ seeks support from states
Sep 30, 2020
FILE PHOTO: After the company announced it would extend its coronavirus work-from-home order until summer 2021, a Google sign is shown at one of the company's office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to sue Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O as soon as next week, and is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit, according to three sources familiar with the process.
The lawsuit is expected to accuse Google, builder of the world’s dominant search engine, of looking to disadvantage rivals such as Microsoft’s Bing by depriving them of the data about users and user preferences that they need to improve and to advertise to people.
The Justice Department has also been investigating Google’s “search advertising,” the ads that appear under a search box if a person looks up a consumer item like “dishwasher.” Google controls the sale of the space under these searches, as well as the tools to make those ad sales.
Google has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. The Justice Department declined to comment.
Regarding search, Google has said users have access to other information sources, like Twitter for news and Amazon for products. In advertising, it says it competes with a large array of companies, including Oracle ORCL.N and Verizon VZ.N .
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