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WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General
Merrick Garland said on Tuesday, after the Justice Department
filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google,
that the Big Tech company has sought to defeat its rivals in the
online advertising business using anticompetitive tactics for 15
years.Garland added that as a result of Google's practices the
United States has suffered as an advertiser, overpaying for ads.
(Reporting by Chris Sanders and Diane Bartz)