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.
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.
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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