OTTAWA–Canada’s antitrust watchdog alleges that Google acted unlawfully in building market share in the online-advertising business, marking the latest regulatory headache for the tech giant. In a notice filed Thursday with Canada’s Competition Tribunal, the watchdog—known as the Competition Bureau—said it seeks to “put a decisive end to Google’s structural dominance and anticompetitive practice, [and] restore competition” in the country’s online-advertising marketplace. “Through a series of calculated decisions, taken over the course of multiple years, Google has excluded competitors and entrenched itself at the center of online advertising,” the Competition Bureau said in its notice. Read More...
OTTAWA–Canada’s antitrust watchdog alleges that Google acted unlawfully in building market share in the online-advertising business, marking the latest regulatory headache for the tech giant. In a notice filed Thursday with Canada’s Competition Tribunal, the watchdog—known as the Competition Bureau—said it seeks to “put a decisive end to Google’s structural dominance and anticompetitive practice, [and] restore competition” in the country’s online-advertising marketplace. “Through a series of calculated decisions, taken over the course of multiple years, Google has excluded competitors and entrenched itself at the center of online advertising,” the Competition Bureau said in its notice.
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