So as I understand it, Google’s using it’s monopoly market position to force web “standards” unilaterally (without an independent/conglomerate web specification standards where Google is only one of many voices) that will disadvantage its competitors and force people to leave its competitors.

I’m not a lawyer, and I’m a fledgling tech guy, but this sounds like abuse of a monopoly. Google which serves 75% of the world’s ads and has 75% of the browser market share seems to want to use its market power to annihilate people’s privacy and control over their web experience.

So we can file a complaint with FTC led by Lina Khan who has been the biggest warrior against abuse by big tech in the US.

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/report-antitrust-violation

We can also file a complaint with the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/atr/citizen-complaint-center

And there have to be EU, UK, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese organizations that we can file antitrust complaints to.

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    For eu users : https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/procedures/complaints_en

    However not sure how it works, if you need to be directly affected as a company of user, or if you need to be a citizen to file a complaint.

    I don’t have the necessary detail and information to be able to file the complaint.

    If you give the detail on how it works and why it affects competition I may be able to file a complaint.

    Howerver from what I saw in news the EU and US are already collaborating in an investigation against Google. Not sure if it’s true, current and on what exactly.