Google can be used "for free" with payment provided in the form of targeted advertising using the user's search history. Based on this data, Google is making billions of dollars through their advertising business. According to a Bloomberg report, Google will soon be sued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) because their advertising business is allegedly anti-competitive.
A lawsuit may be filed sooner rather than later after an investigation into President Donald Trump's administration. This is not the first lawsuit the DOJ has filed against Google. Previously they were sued because their search engine business was also allegedly anti-competitive.
In France Google agreed to pay a €220 Billion fine because the Google Ad Manager advertising system used by the company to bid for slots was found to give Google AdX an advantage over competitors.
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