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        <title><![CDATA[Justice Department to talk ‘next steps’ in Google antitrust suit]]></title>
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            <media:title type="html">Justice Department to talk ‘next steps’ in Google antitrust suit</media:title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justice Department officials will be meeting with multiple state attorneys general this Friday to discuss &#8220;next steps&#8221; in a potential antitrust case against Google, according to multiple reports.</p><p>The meeting, first <strong>reported by the Wall Street Journal</strong> on Tuesday, will take place virtually between federal and state officials.</p><p>On the agenda will be the scope of the potential lawsuit, though discussions will also be had about whether states would like to join a Justice Department effort or file their own, the paper reports.</p><p>Recently, antitrust officials have been reaching out to news industry executives to field complaints about the tech giant.</p><p>Reports have circulated for months that both the Justice Department and a group of state AGs were <strong>working on lawsuits</strong> against Alphabet Inc., Google&#8217;s parent company, related to antitrust concerns.</p><p>Specifically, the concerns related to allegations that the conglomerate was using its control over the most utilized search engine in the world to suppress competition.</p><p>The federal investigation has been focused on search bias, advertising and management of Google’s Android operating system.</p><p>News of the probes come as the Justice Department has begun taking aim at big tech companies overall.</p><p>Earlier this month, it released <strong>a 25-page proposal on its website</strong> in which the department recommended curbing protections that tech platforms have enjoyed since 1996 against content posted on their sites by third parties.</p><p>These protections — afforded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — also give tech companies the freedom to remove “objectionable” content at their discretion — leading to complaints of double standards.</p><p>That proposal came amid criticism, <strong>including from President Trump</strong>, that large social media companies censor conservative voices while letting other controversial material, including some criminal content, run amok.</p><p><em>With Post wires</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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