Google denies Facebook collusion claims in new court filing and blog post

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Google denies colluding with Facebook in new court filing | Illustration by Alex Castro

Google has filed a motion to dismiss the antitrust complaint filed last week, which alleges it colluded with Facebook to manipulate programmatic ad markets.

“State Plaintiffs’ complaint — cheered on by a handful of Google’s rivals who have failed to invest properly, compete successfully, or innovate consistently — might serve the narrow interests of those rivals,” Google argues in the motion, “but it also threatens to stifle the dynamism that drives Google and other firms to deliver the products on which businesses and consumers depend every day.”

“The complaint misrepresents our business, products, and motives”

Originally filed in November, the antitrust suit has been led by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton of Texas and has gradually...

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