WASHINGTON - Attorneys general from 48 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have opened an antitrust probe into big tech companies that focuses on Alphabet's Google, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton formally announced on Monday .
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge called Google's online search engine a"juggernaut," and argued that a free search sometimes came at the cost of the freedom to choose the best products from the best companies. There have also been complaints of potentially anti-competitive behavior in how it runs the advertising side of its business.
The social media platform, which owns one-time rivals Instagram and WhatsApp and has more than 1.5 billion daily users, has been criticised for allowing misleading posts and so-called"fake news" on its service. Google's parent Alphabet said on Friday the Department of Justice in late August requested information and documents related to prior antitrust probes of the company.
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