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What Next TBD: Will Google Get Broken Up?

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it is suing Google over its ad technology. What do they contend Google has been doing? And does this mean Alphabet is headed for a Bell Telecom-style bust-up? Guest: Leah Nylen, reporter covering antitrust for Bloomberg News Host: Lizzie O’Leary If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today, the Department of Justice joined by eight states filed a civil

0:39.6

antitrust lawsuit in the United States District Court

0:42.8

for the Eastern District of Virginia against Google.

0:48.8

When the news broke on Tuesday that the government was suing Google over its ad technology,

0:53.8

I immediately thought of Lee and Nyland.

0:57.0

She's a Bloomberg news reporter who covers antitrust.

1:00.0

And I don't think it's an exaggeration to say she lives and breathes this stuff.

1:04.5

Her Twitter name is Leah antitrust but verify Nyland.

1:09.2

So on Wednesday, I called her up.

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What's the sports analogy for this case?

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