Google faces $16.5 billion antitrust lawsuit from 130,000 businesses

A group of 130,000 online publishers and app businesses in the U.K. have launched a class-action lawsuit against Google LLC, seeking £13.6 billion ($16.5 billion) in damages for its alleged anti-competitive behavior, Tekedia reported citing The Register. Google has been accused of leveraging its dominant market position to earn billions in advertising while hurting the earnings of the plaintiffs.