Google faces claim from UK publishers over online advertising


FILE PHOTO: A view of Google's offices in the Central Saint Giles development in London, Britain, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Google was sued on Wednesday by a group of British website publishers who allege the U.S. company and its parent Alphabet abused their dominant position in online advertising, depriving them of revenue.

The class action claim was filed at the Competition Appeal tribunal on behalf of 130,000 businesses publishing around 1.75 million website and apps in Britain, law firms Humphries Kerstetter and Geradin Partners said in a statement.

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