Ohio sues to have Google regulated as a public utility

Published June 8, 2021 7:36pm ET



Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday filed a lawsuit requesting a court declare Google a public utility that can be regulated by the government as such.

The lawsuit, filed in a state court, alleged that the tech giant uses its market power as the top search engine to give preferential treatment to its own products, services, and apps on search results pages, thereby disadvantaging competitors.

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