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Antitrust Suit Filed Against Google by Gab.Ai

posted by cmn32480 on Saturday September 16 2017, @01:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the Alt-tech-Axis-Powers dept.

Google faces Antitrust suit filed by new social media company Gab.ai.

The legal action is the latest salvo in an escalating battle between right-leaning technologists and leaders against Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Google.

Gab alleges in the lawsuit that "Google deprives competitors, on a discriminatory basis, of access to the App Store, which an essential facility or resource."

"Google is the biggest threat to the free flow of information," Gab chief executive Andrew Torba said in a statement. "Gab started to fight against the big tech companies in the marketplace, and their monopolistic conduct has forced us to bring the fight to the courtroom."

Gab has published its court filing.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @05:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @05:59PM (#569056)

    I think many don't realize how potentially revolutionary this lawsuit could be.

    I don't think it would particularly controversial to say that companies like Google and Twitter are engaged in discrimination based on political views. However, in some states where political views are a protected class - such action would already be illegal. Fundamentally that is the same as the gay cake case where it was unlawful to refuse to create a cake based on the sexuality of the individuals ordering it. But even if it were legal, Google obviously do not want to actually state what they're doing. Google is going to have an incredibly difficult time showing that they're not discriminating based on political beliefs since for every possible explanation they offer, the plaintiffs will be able to show countless apps on their store offering similar content for years - without any issue.

    This should be interesting. I'm hoping it's not silently settled out of court, but I expect there's about a 99% probability that's precisely what will happen.