Google and Facebook worked to beat Safari's privacy tools

Google worked with Facebook to work around Apple's privacy tools in Safari to continue tracking end users, an update to an antitrust lawsuit claims, with the search company also doing what it could to slow down other regulatory initiatives surrounding privacy. A lawsuit was filed against Google in December 2020 by a group of attorneys general, accusing the search company of "engaging in market collusion to rig auctions." While the lawsuit largely focuses on a deal between Google and Facebook to ...