Google Faces Fresh UK Competition Probe Over Potential Abuse of Ad Tech Dominance

Google Faces Fresh UK Competition Probe Over Potential Abuse of Ad Tech Dominance
Undated file photo showing Google's logo on a mobile phone. Yui Mok/PA
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The UK’s competition watchdog on Thursday launched a new investigation into Google’s digital advertising businesses.

The investigation, launched by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will look into the tech giant’s practices in advertising technology intermediation, also known as the “ad tech stack,” a set of platforms and tools needed to facilitate the sale of online advertising space between advertisers and content publishers.

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Lily Zhou is an Ireland-based reporter covering China news for The Epoch Times.
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