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Texas AG Sends Another Round Of Questions To Google

By  |  July 13, 2020

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent another round of questions to Google seeking detailed answers about the company’s advertising technology. 
The 53-page civil investigative demand, dated June 22 and obtained by POLITICO through a public records request, zeroes in on changes the search giant has made in recent years to how online ads are sold. Google must respond by July 22.

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    Among the Google product changes targeted by investigators is the company’s decision in 2016 to require advertisers to buy YouTube ads through Google’s products; the adoption of accelerated mobile pages, known as AMP, a technology that stores mobile websites on Google servers; and the January announcement that the tech giant will eliminate third-party cookies from the Chrome web browser. 

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    All three changes have drawn complaints from advertisers. Subscription news service MLex first reported on the query. Google said it will “continue to engage” with the investigation.

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