Federal prosecutors have opened their second monopoly case against Google in a case that could benefit major news organizations that pay the internet giant a cut of their ad revenues for its website ad brokering services.
The Justice Department claims that Google is abusing its power over online advertising, resulting in advertisers being forced to pay higher prices while publishers earn less money, meaning cuts in news and other content readers want, reports The Washington Post Tuesday.
In its complaint, the DOJ claims Google dominated its competition “by engaging in a systematic campaign to seize control of the wide swath of high-tech tools used by publishers, advertisers, and brokers, to facilitate digital advertising.”
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