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Re:Unredacted Antitrust Complaint Shows Google’s Ad Biz Even... by pyrale on Monday January 17, 2022 @12:14PM (#29968814)
Ad exchanges are not a regulated activity like stock exchange is. That means there is no SEC equivalent for Google's ad market activity.
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Re:Unredacted Antitrust Complaint Shows Google’s Ad Biz Even... by pas on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:03PM (#30004425)
FTC has some oversight authority, no?
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Re:Unredacted Antitrust Complaint Shows Google’s Ad Biz Even... by pyrale on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:25PM (#30017486)
Technically, yes, but the FTC is not geared to enforce financial market rules. Searching FTC rulings on ad exchanges, I found one example of a settlement in a COPPA case.
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