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It is reported that California starts Google's antitrust investigation
California has become the 49th country to launch a Google antitrust investigation, according to a political report.
California and Alabama were the only states which did not take part in an on-line study , online advertisement and search antitrust investigation carried out by 48 countries – Puerto Rico and District of Columbia, which began in September.
The facets of the Google company that the California investigation claimed would concentrate on are still unknown.
The Department of Justice is currently still conducting its own Google antitrust investigation and is collaborating with the multi-state monitoring program. The investigations are expected to lead to Google proceedings.
Google is one of the big tech companies that currently have state, federal lawmakers and regulators, including the federal Trade Commission, scrutinized over potential antitrust concerns, including Facebook and Microsoft.
In 2011, the Federal Commerce Commission, and California, four other countries (Texas, New York, Oklahoma and Ohio) launched an investigation into allegations of Google unfairly supporting Google's own products over its competitors. The investigation was closed in 2013.
Google and the California Office of Attorney General Xavier Becerra were contacted by TechCrunch for a comment.
