Google Sued By Canada’s Watchdog Over Anticompetitive Ad Practices

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Another week, another lawsuit for Google; this time, Canada is taking the tech giant to court after the Competition Bureau found Google guilty of anticompetitive conduct, which could cause a colossal fine and the enforced sale of two of its advertising services.

Key takeaways:

Canada’s antitrust watchdog is seeking to force Google to pay a fine of 3% of its global revenue and sell two of its advertising tools to ensure it complies with the country’s competition laws.
The antitrust watchdog requested Canada’s Competition Bureau estonia mobile numbers list to enforce the fine and sale, saying Google had abused its market position to maintain a monopoly by linking its ad tools and ensuring ad auctions were in its favor.
Canada’s Competition Bureau hagreed with the watchdog’s findings, saying Google had “abused its dominant position” by unlawfully connecting its ad tools.
Dan Taylor, Google’s vice president of global advertising, said the antitrust watchdog and the Competition Bureau had:
“Ignored the intense competition where ad buyers and sellers have plenty of choice, and we look forward to making our case in court.”

“Our advertising technology tools help websites and apps fund their content and enable businesses of all sizes to effectively reach new customers.”