{"id":2685,"date":"2022-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/lawsuit-claims-facebook-and-google-ceos-were-aware-of-deal-to-control-advertising-sales\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:41:25","slug":"lawsuit-claims-facebook-and-google-ceos-were-aware-of-deal-to-control-advertising-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/lawsuit-claims-facebook-and-google-ceos-were-aware-of-deal-to-control-advertising-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit claims Facebook and Google CEOs were aware of deal to control advertising sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newly revealed documents from the complaint against Google shed light on potential advertising sales manipulation<\/p>\n<p> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were allegedly aware of and approved a deal to collaborate on the potential manipulation of advertising sales, according to newly revealed documents.<\/p>\n<p>The documents, which came to light on Friday, were filed as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-misled-publishers-and-advertisers-unredacted-lawsuit-alleges-11642176036?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1\">lawsuit against Google<\/a> brought by the attorneys general of multiple US states. 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