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Googles Sundar Pichai grilled over destroying anonymity on the web

Google’s Sundar Pichai confronted a clumsy line of enquiry throughout right now’s Home Antitrust Subcommittee listening to associated to its 2007 acquisition of adtech platform DoubleClick, and the way it went on to renege on an authentic promise to lawmakers and regulators that it could not (nor couldn't) m…
Google’s Sundar Pichai faced an awkward line of enquiry during today’s House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing related to its 2007 acquisition of adtech platform DoubleClick, and how it went on to renege on an original promise to lawmakers and regulators that it would not (nor could not) m…

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