WASHINGTON (AP) — As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition enforcers to level bold new claims.
States are taking new legal gambits as they clamor to join the widening siege against the two once seemingly untouchable behemoths.
The latest case came as dozens of states including Illinois filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the search giant exercises an illegal monopoly over the online search market, hurting consumers and advertisers.
It was the third antitrust salvo to slam Google in the past two months.
