By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google <GOOGL.O> as soon as next week, kicking off a long legal slog over whether the online search and advertising company uses its outsized market power unfairly.
WHAT ARE THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GOOGLE?
One set of allegations has to do with Google's search engine. Google is accused of looking to disadvantage rivals such as Microsoft's Bing, depriving them of the scale, and thus the data about user preferences and users themselves, that they need to improve and to advertise to users.
Google is also accused of using its popular search function to favor its products, like YouTube, as well as big advertisers, ...
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