Google and Facebook’s antitrust pileup: a readers guide

The antitrust complaints level the same basic allegation against Google and Facebook – that they used their far-reaching power to squelch competition and preserve their dominance. — AFP

After a burst of antitrust lawsuits from the United States and nearly every state in the country in recent months, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc are in the fight of their lives.

The complaints level the same basic allegation against the companies – that they used their far-reaching power to squelch competition and preserve their dominance.