To investigate Google for proper competition September 10 at 12:47 in 50 states and regions across the United States
Attorneys general in 50 states and territories, including the United States and Texas, announced that Google would begin investigating whether a major IT company Google could use its exclusive position to prevent proper competition in the market. Each company is likely to be forced to respond in the future.
In the United States, there are growing concerns that huge IT companies such as Google and Amazon, also known as “GAFA”, occupy a large market share and possess huge amounts of data.
Under these circumstances, the Attorney General of 50 states and regions, including Texas and the capital Washington, said on May 9 that Google has not used its monopoly position to prevent proper competition in the market, Announced to start investigation based on the antitrust law.
Specifically, Google wants to find out if it is hurting users' interests in areas such as advertising on the Internet and tracking search history.
Attorney General Paxton, Texas, at a press conference in Washington, said, “First of all, the advertising business will be targeted, and we will continue to investigate based on the facts that will be revealed in the future.”
In the US, the Ministry of Justice has begun a similar investigation with a giant IT company in mind, and on June 6th, judicial authorities such as New York have begun a survey targeting Facebook, and IT companies will respond in the future. It seems to be forced.