SPIRITUAL AI

Google to Face Class Action Lawsuit from Advertisers Google Ads illustration (photo: x @googleads)  - United States District Judge, Kevin Castel, decided that Alphabet's Inc., or Google, must face a class action filed by advertisers who claim that this company monopolizes the ad exchange market. However, Judge Castel dismissed several other claims related to violations of antitrust law, including those related to ad buying tools used by large advertisers.  In his ruling, judge Castel dismissed a number of the claims but allowed at least one set of locks to proceed. He stated that advertisers "do not plausibly claim standing under antitrust law in the marketplace of advertising buying tools used by large advertisers, but they plausibly claim standing under antitrust law for the harm theyexperience of anti-competitive practices in the advertising exchange market and purchasing tools market for small advertisers." Judge Castel also said that Gannett, which