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After U.S. Congressional hearings in July 2020,<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 30, 2020 |title=Tech bosses grilled over claims of 'harmful' power |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53583941 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730020044/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53583941 |archive-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> and a report from the U.S. House of Representatives' Antitrust Subcommittee released in early October,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bond |first1=Shannon |last2=Selyukh |first2=Alina |last3=Allyn |first3=Bobby |date=October 6, 2020 |title=How Are Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google Monopolies? House Report Counts The Ways |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920882893/how-are-apple-amazon-facebook-google-monopolies-house-report-counts-the-ways}}</ref> the [[United States Department of Justice]] filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on October 20, 2020, asserting that it has illegally maintained its monopoly position in web search and search advertising.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McCabe |first1=David |last2=Kang |first2=Cecilia |date=October 20, 2020 |title=U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/google-antitrust.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020123008/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/google-antitrust.html |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=October 20, 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |title=DOC |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7273448-DOC.html |website=www.documentcloud.org}}</ref> The lawsuit alleged that Google engaged in anticompetitive behavior by paying Apple between $8 billion and $12 billion to be the default search engine on iPhones.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ngo |first=Keach Hagey and Vivien |date=November 7, 2019 |title=How Google Edged Out Rivals and Built the World's Dominant Ad Machine: A Visual Guide |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-google-edged-out-rivals-and-built-the-worlds-dominant-ad-machine-a-visual-guide-11573142071 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Later that month, both [[Facebook]] and Alphabet agreed to "cooperate and assist one another" in the face of investigation into their online advertising practices.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinnon |first=Ryan Tracy and John D. |date=December 22, 2020 |title=WSJ News Exclusive {{!}} Google, Facebook Agreed to Team Up Against Possible Antitrust Action, Draft Lawsuit Says |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-facebook-agreed-to-team-up-against-possible-antitrust-action-draft-lawsuit-says-11608612219 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tracy |first=John D. McKinnon and Ryan |date=December 16, 2020 |title=Ten States Sue Google, Alleging Deal With Facebook to Rig Online Ad Market |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-sue-google-over-digital-ad-practices-11608146817 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> [[United States v. Google LLC (2023)|Another suit was brought against Google in 2023]] for illegally monopolizing the advertising technology market.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-google-monopolizing-digital-advertising-technologies |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=[[United States Department of Justice]] |language=en}}</ref>