Google has rebuked charges that it compels publishers to use its ad server, manipulates ad auctions and colluded with Facebook as it moves to have antitrust charges dismissed.
January 25, 2022

Google is at it again. This week, Google filed a motion to have a lawsuit brought by the Texas Attorney General dismissed. In the meantime, Google is also facing criticism in the U.K. over the alternatives it plans on offering in light of phasing out the third-party cookie. All this news comes as the company is expected to update the industry on its Privacy Sandbox initiative any day now.

Google still remains one of the most coveted black boxes on the internet — and we're not entirely sure how it works. This case from Texas could break that wide open.

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