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Microsoft says Google running 'shadow campaigns' as Big Tech legal feud heats up
A legal feud between two giants of the tech world deepened this week as Microsoft accused Google of running 'shadow campaigns' to discredit Microsoft's cloud-computing business.
The feud began in the first decade after Microsoft settled a landmark antitrust case brought by the US Justice Department alleging it boxed out rivals by making its browser free and the default on its dominant Windows operating system. A 2002 settlement opened the door to broader competition in the internet browser software market and created an opportunity for Google, then a startup formed by Stanford students Sergey Brin and Larry Page, to begin its period of meteoric growth in the 2000s. The pact came to an end in 2021 as regulators in the US and EU stepped up pressure on both companies, and Microsoft complained that Google used unfair tactics to compete in online search and advertising.
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