DOJ may antitrust Google over YouTube and AdMob next
# 352: Former antitrust chief reveals more cases may follow, how publishers will be protected, and why Big Tech's free run is at an end....
Google’s antitrust battles may not be over with the former head of the Department of Justice’s antitrust unit saying its $36 billion YouTube empire may be next in the crosshairs.
Jonathan Kanter says legal opinions around Big Tech have shifted, meaning the monopoly era is over and “abuses will now be addressed swiftly and decisively”.
In an exclusive chat with Future Media and Monopoly Report podcast host
, Kanter said Google’s search and ad tech losses had set a precedent.“There are legitimate questions about whether there should be more cases, or whether the cases we’ve had should have been broader,” he says.
“Where does YouTube fit in? Where does AdMob fit in? To be more comprehensive - to really address the problem - you need to consider all those ingredients.
“I’m hopeful the legal principles we’ve established will carry over and future attempts to abuse market power will be addressed swiftly and decisively.”
That will send a chill down the spines at Mountain View where the trilliona…
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