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Google faces £5 billion lawsuit in the UK for abusing 'near-total dominance' in search

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A class action lawsuit filed in the U.K. claims Google abused its position to restrict competing search engines.

The suit is being brought on behalf of all U.S.-based organizations that used Google 's search advertising services from Jan. 1, 2011 , up until when the claim was filed.

A 2020 market study found that 90% of all revenue in the search advertising market was earned by Google .

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