On the 21st, U.S. IT giant Google filed a petition to dismiss the complaint against the alleged violation of the antitrust law, which is Japan's antitrust law, in the field of Internet advertising in the field of Internet advertising. rice field.
Several other similar complaints have been filed over Google, but this is the first time the company has filed a dismissal of the complaint.
In 2020, ten US states, including Texas, filed a lawsuit in court on suspicion of antitrust violations, alleging that Google used its monopoly position in the field of Internet advertising to prevent fair competition.
The proceedings were subsequently joined by other states and were widespread, alleging on Google's online advertising that Facebook was suspected of having a deal that would give it an edge over the competition. , It was attracting attention that it was a collusion of a major IT company.
On the 21st, Google filed a motion to dismiss the complaint and argued that the allegation that the contract with Facebook was a collusion was "not true".
In the United States, there are a series of antitrust law proceedings as the winds on giant IT companies increase.
This is the first time Google has filed a dismissal of a case in a series of proceedings, and it will be interesting to see what the court will decide on this case.