“Google has used anti-competitive and illegal methods to eliminate, or drastically reduce, any threat to its dominance over the technologies used for digital advertising,” the authority said on Tuesday, January 24, in a court document sent to the press. . The ministry and eight American states, including California and New York, are asking the courts to condemn the Californian group for violating competition law, to make the company pay damages, and finally, to order the sale of its activities related to the sale of online advertising space.

This is the second complaint launched by the ministry against the Californian group since the inauguration of President Joe Biden two years ago. The first, which relates to the domination of its search engine, should lead to a trial this year.

Google has already been fined in the past for violating competition law, notably by the European Union. In the United States, the company is already facing lawsuits launched at the end of 2020 by a coalition of states, led by Texas. They accuse Google of having sought to oust all competition by manipulating advertising auctions.

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