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Big Tech Had Pact To ‘Cooperate And Assist One Another’ If Targeted For Antitrust Violations, Lawsuit Reportedly Claims

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Big Tech Had Pact To ‘Cooperate And Assist One Another’ If Targeted For Antitrust Violations, Lawsuit Reportedly Claims
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Tech giants Facebook and Google allegedly had a pact to “cooperate and assist one another” if they were ever targeted for antitrust violations concerning their coordination in online advertising, an unredacted version of a lawsuit against Google alleges, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the state’s suit against Google, accusing the tech giant of “maintaining an illegal monopoly in online advertising,” TechCrunch reported. “It isn’t fair that Google effectively eliminated its competition and crowned itself the head of online advertising,” Paxton argued.

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