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Here we go I figured after the FTC filed against facebook Google had to be right around the corner. It is interesting that it's almost all conservative state filing maybe they want to avoid issues with the DNC and it's close relationship with Google?

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Simpler explanation: political relations have severely broken down all over the country. Maybe the (R) attorneys general and their offices just couldn't get along well enough with the (D)s to file anything together.

This was announced a month or two back, complaint came out today, TL;DR the case theory is weak and perceived as rushed so many, many, states didn't opt-in and are working on their own action

(side note: winks at politically-based conspiracies aren't something I'm used to seeing on HN, it beggers belief that you'd have 36 states, mixed politically, agree to collude in favor of the checks notes DNC because checks notes Google's ex-CEO got involved in politics work checks notes after he exited)

Not quite after he exited. It was while he was Chairman of the Board, and in at least one instance he used his Google email to engage in political work that would get any other Googler sanctioned, but got a pass because he's Eric Schmidt. Had he used personal emails in all cases it would have been ok per corporate rule.

The rest of your claims are indeed tin-foil hat worthy.

> and in at least one instance he used his Google email to engage in political work that would get any other Googler sanctioned

Is that as opposed to Googlers donating to Google's PAC so Google can use it to donate to neo-Nazis and Mitch McConnell?

The complaint a few months ago was different to this one.

That one was pretty weak (IMHO), but this one seems narrower focused and much stronger.

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