Justice department sues Google over its ‘unlawful’ online advertising dominance

Lawsuit is second federal antitrust complaint filed against Google, alleging violations of antitrust law The US justice department filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday over allegations that the company abused its dominance of the digital advertising business, according to a court document.“Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful means to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies,” the government said in its antitrust complaint.