Google begins responding to Texas antitrust investigators' data demands
AUSTIN/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas officials managing a sprawling investigation of the advertising practices at Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google have begun receiving data from the search and advertising giant after two previous probes bogged down in extended document fights.
The Texas attorney general’s office said that as of Thursday, it had received some data from Google but declined to discuss it further.
The investigation, which involves all state attorneys general except Alabama and California, seeks to dig into the opaque business of online digital advertising, where Google is a dominant player. AGs for the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico are also part of the investigation.
Google, which had no immediate comment for this story, offers free searches, email and other services but much of its revenue is from advertising.
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