Alphabet's Google is to be investigated by the office of Attorney General Josh Hawley in Missouri over whether it violated the state's consumer protection and antitrust laws. Google and other large American tech companies are increasingly being investigated over their position in the corporate and civic sectors of the US. The investigation comes as a number of US states have passed laws that require internet service providers (ISPs) like Comcast, Verizon or AT&T to treat all web traffic equally.
Alphabet's Google is to be investigated by the office of Attorney General Josh Hawley in Missouri over whether it violated the state's consumer protection and antitrust laws. Google and other large American tech companies are increasingly being investigated over their position in the corporate and civic sectors of the US. In Europe, Google has already been hit with a $2.7bn fine over its shopping search practices and faces a further fine over its AdSense network.