# Google Antitrust ## Revelations that they've done a ton of sketchy business practices ### Twitter thread - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/i/status/1452053938195341314) by [@fasterthanlime](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime) on [[October 23rd, 2021]]: - RT 🔒 (with permission): - "Ok so, I just read through all 173 pages of the unredacted Google antitrust filing and I have to say that either Google is screwed or society is screwed, we'll find out which. - Unordered list of fun things I learned:" - 🔒"google has a secret deal with facebook called "Jedi Blue" that they knew was so illegal that it has a whole section describing how they'll cover for each other if anyone finds out - google appears to have a team called gTrade that is wholly dedicated to ad market manipulation" - 🔒"- Google had a plan called "Project NERA" to turn the web into a walled garden they called "Not Owned But Operated". A core component of this was the forced logins to the chrome browser you've probably experienced (surprise!)" - 🔒"- Google is willing to do almost everything to prevent people from circumventing their ad exchanges - This is what AMP is about - Google habitually insider trades on their ad exchanges in every way you can think of and every way you can't. Too many ways to list here." - 🔒"- The exchanges are also rigged so that google wins on bids where they aren't the highest bidder. - A large amount of people inside google are aware of all of this - If Google ever tells you some change will increase your ad yield, run. In fact anything they tell you is a lie" - 🔒"- Google has worked with Facebook and Microsoft to discourage them from increasing user privacy, lamenting occasions where they prioritized their reputation over their collective business interest" - You can read the full unredacted document for yourself here: [Amended Complaint – #152 in In re: Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y., 1:21-md-03010) – CourtListener.com](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903.152.0_1.pdf) - More highlights re AMP performance claims: [pic.twitter.com/c8544t8DcR](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452066487913664512/photo/1) - (For clarity: a locked account gave me permission to republish their thread. You don't need my permission to retweet it.) - Google manipulating bids behind advertisers' backs: [pic.twitter.com/lWe9bWMzZa](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452075633694105606/photo/1) - [@Norro21](https://twitter.com/Norro21) [@jam1garner](https://twitter.com/jam1garner) [@jkbckr](https://twitter.com/jkbckr) Oh Ben that wasn't a threat, I was trying to sell on you on a little humanity. Too bad, farewell! [pic.twitter.com/QvjmfAqbK0](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452087666799960073/photo/1) - Re: forced Chrome logins - Don't need cookies if you own the browser! [pic.twitter.com/WIl9Hf8KOL](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452094513741189122/photo/1) - Another thread about the recent Google court documents [twitter.com/PatrickMcGee_/…](https://twitter.com/PatrickMcGee_/status/1451619916994396164?t=yvVXuoa5FYoN9GaOj2X-xg&s=19)