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    European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practices

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    398 points ChrisArchitect | 13 comments | 05 Sep 25 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 1.445s | source | bottom
    1. dragonwriter ◴[05 Sep 25 17:52 UTC] No.45141460[source]▶
    Yeah, its not like the US is also pursuing an antitrust actions against Google, including one for its abusive ad tech practices.

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-prevails-l...

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    2. isoprophlex ◴[05 Sep 25 17:52 UTC] No.45141463[source]▶
    US big tech has become so hostile to democracy and human values it's laughable.
    3. richwater ◴[05 Sep 25 17:54 UTC] No.45141493[source]▶
    Lina Khan's success record is/was horrendous.

    In the most recent case, Google may have "lost" but the government got nowhere near what it was asking for either.

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    4. udev4096 ◴[05 Sep 25 18:05 UTC] No.45141626[source]▶
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    5. orwin ◴[05 Sep 25 18:09 UTC] No.45141678{3}[source]▶
    Honestly, on this particular case that's on the judge and your current culture, not Khan. Before the 80s, Google would have been forced to separate its two ads divisions, to make some space for new companies and actors.

    If Lina Khan only victory is that people are now aware that having a government this friendly with monopolies isn't normal, that's probably better than most politicians since Clinton.

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    6. dragonwriter ◴[05 Sep 25 18:13 UTC] No.45141740{4}[source]▶
    > Honestly, on this particular case that's on the judge and your current culture, not Khan. Before the 80s, Google would have been forced to separate its two ads divisions, to make some space for new companies and actors.

    The case in which the government didn’t get what it wanted was the online search case; the trial in the remedy phase of the ad tech case starts later this month, so talking about the difference between what Google would have gotten in the 1980s for that and what they are actually getting now is premature speculation.

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    8. octo888 ◴[05 Sep 25 18:17 UTC] No.45141779[source]▶
    They let them get away with tons for years/decades before doing anything serious
    9. miltonlost ◴[05 Sep 25 18:19 UTC] No.45141803{3}[source]▶
    Do you think it's fair to put the recent case on Lisa Khan when a) the Google antitrust lawsuit was started in Trump v1.0 and b) the trial remedy was during Trump 2.0? If anything, that Google was found to have antitrust behavior bolsters her success rate. She's not in charge there anymore, so blaming her is very very suspect.
    10. orwin ◴[05 Sep 25 19:09 UTC] No.45142415{5}[source]▶
    Oh sorry then, i guess my lack of following and my pessimism has taken over proper verification. Hopefully the US government break Google adtech in two different companies.
    11. tomhow ◴[06 Sep 25 09:09 UTC] No.45147762[source]▶
    This is what needs to stop. Just stick to the substantive contributions please.
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    12. udev4096 ◴[06 Sep 25 12:12 UTC] No.45148586{3}[source]▶
    Wow you really are persistent. I am too easy to engage in ragebaits it seems
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    13. tomhow ◴[06 Sep 25 19:20 UTC] No.45152113{4}[source]▶
    We have to be persistent to stop HN from being worse than it already is ;)