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Google feels the heat

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Google feels the heat

Fast-moving bills in the Senate, and an unredacted lawsuit, could chip away at its dominance

Casey Newton
Jan 20, 2022
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Google feels the heat

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Photo of a sign showing the Google logo from an angle.(Kai Wenzel / Unsplash)
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In the United States, bills to regulate tech companies move so slowly, and with so few prospects of becoming law, that platforms seldom feel much need to comment on them. Instead platforms buy ads promoting the idea that they welcome regulation, as long as it’s “thoughtful,” while working behind the scenes to whittle it down or …

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