Washington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to a new suit from a bipartisan coalition of four state and territorial attorneys general that challenges Google’s systematic — and illegal — surveillance of its users.

“Today’s bipartisan suit against Google is the fourth antitrust complaint in just over a year. At this point, it should be obvious that Google is an ungovernable criminal enterprise,” said Sarah Miller, Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project. “Surveillance is key to Google’s dominance – in advertising and across its other lines of business. This suit documents Google’s pernicious efforts to manipulate its users, and its regular use of ‘dark patterns,’ a practice the FTC has warned is illegal. Privacy is a competition issue and this suit takes important steps to protect it.”

Find more information on the harmful impact of Google’s monopoly and the policy solutions needed to address Google’s power here. 

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.