Google-Facebook “Jedi Blue“ deal under probe in EU
2 years, 9 months ago

Google-Facebook “Jedi Blue“ deal under probe in EU

The Hindu  

In December 2020, nearly a dozen U.S. states, led by Texas, sued Google for secretly running an illegal advertising monopoly. In this case, it allowed Facebook to send bids directly into Google’s widely used software, known as an ad server. Through the 2018 agreement “a competing technology to Google’s Open Bidding may have been targeted with the aim to weaken it and exclude it from the market for displaying ads on publisher websites and apps,” Margrethe Vestager, EU’s antitrust commissioner, said. At the heart of the lawsuit in the U.S., and the probe in EU is the Google code-named “Jedi Blue” deal that could potentially exclude other ad tech services that compete with Google’s “Open Bidding” software. If the duo’s practices are proven by the antitrust regulator, it could breach EU’s competition law related to anticompetitive agreements between companies, and abuse of dominant position.

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Google calls DOJ antitrust remedy proposal a threat to privacy, an attack on US tech leadership
1 month ago

Google calls DOJ antitrust remedy proposal a threat to privacy, an attack on US tech leadership

Live Mint  

Google has strongly criticized a proposal filed by the US Department of Justice as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit regarding the company’s search distribution agreements. “The DOJ had a chance to propose remedies related to the issue in this case: search distribution agreements with Apple, Mozilla, smartphone OEMs, and wireless carriers,” Google said in a blog post. “Instead, DOJ …

US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome
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1 month ago

US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant. In a court filing, the US Department of Justice urged a shake-up of Google's business that includes banning deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones …

Antitrust enforcers prepare final blitz against Big Tech
1 month ago

Antitrust enforcers prepare final blitz against Big Tech

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration’s top antitrust officials plan to take more shots at the tech industry before leaving office, in a race to cap four years of aggressive enforcement. “The government putting its thumb on the scale in these ways would harm consumers, developers and American technological leadership," said Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs. The department’s antitrust division …

Sundar Pichai says antitrust trials may drag for years: ‘Really harms Google…'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Sundar Pichai says antitrust trials may drag for years: ‘Really harms Google…'

Hindustan Times  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said it will take many years to resolve Google’s antitrust battles, implying that they do not pose an immediate threat to the company’s business. Where we think it really harms our ability to innovate on behalf of our users, we are going to be vigorous in defending ourselves.” Sundar Pichai indicated that Google's antitrust battles will …

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
3 months ago

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google opened its defense against …

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine
3 months ago

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine

Live Mint  

Alphabet unit Google won its challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro antitrust fine imposed five years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising, a week after it lost a much bigger case. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to prevent websites from using brokers other than its AdSense platform that …

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case
3 months ago

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business. The EU’s General Court said it was throwing out the 2019 penalty imposed by the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer. The commission’s ruling applied to a narrow …

Google set up 'nefarious' project codenamed Jedi as its digital advertising business came under threat, US court hears
3 months, 1 week ago

Google set up 'nefarious' project codenamed Jedi as its digital advertising business came under threat, US court hears

Daily Mail  

Google set up a 'nefarious' project codenamed Jedi as its digital advertising business came under threat, a US court heard. In an antitrust trial in Virginia brought against Google by the US Department of Justice, government lawyers allege the firm controlled the market for online display advertising and was anti-competitive, which it denies. An antitrust trial in Virginia has been …

Google tried to get around monopoly complaints with secret program codenamed 'Jedi'
3 months, 1 week ago

Google tried to get around monopoly complaints with secret program codenamed 'Jedi'

Daily Mail  

Google launched a project codenamed 'Jedi' as its digital advertising business came under threat, a court heard. Executives at the tech titan knew internet publishers were keen to 'keep Google at bay' by using a new way to sell adverts, according to internal emails. Executives at the tech titan knew internet publishers were keen to 'keep Google at bay' by …

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
3 months, 1 week ago

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

The Hindu  

Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies. The European Union’s top court rejected Google's appeal against the 2.4 billion euro penalty from the European Commission, …

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday lost its fight against a 2.42 billion euro fine levied by EU antitrust regulators seven years ago, one of a trio of hefty fines meted out to the company for various anti-competitive practices. The European Commission fined the world's most popular internet search engine in 2017 for using its own price comparison shopping service to gain …

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

LA Times  

In this photo from 2007, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty after the bloc’s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and …

Google faces antitrust lawsuit over its advertising technology
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google faces antitrust lawsuit over its advertising technology

ABC  

One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is facing another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology. In her opening statement, Google lawyer Karen Dunn likened the government's case to a "time capsule with a Blackberry, an iPod and a Blockbuster video card". In …

US takes on Google in blockbuster antitrust trial to determine if tech firm holds unfair monopoly in online advertising
3 months, 2 weeks ago

US takes on Google in blockbuster antitrust trial to determine if tech firm holds unfair monopoly in online advertising

Daily Mail  

Google is back in court to answer accusations that it has cultivated an illegal monopoly on the lucrative digital ad market, marking the second attempt by the US government to possibly break up one of the most profitable companies in the world. The new antitrust case is being brought in the Eastern District of Virginia by the US Department of …

‘Google’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Google’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'

Hindustan Times  

Google was slammed Friday by U.K. regulators who say it's taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech giant is facing on both sides of the Atlantic over its “ad tech” business practices. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said that the U.S. company gives preference to its own services …

DC Edit | Google fine: Caveat for Big Tech
4 months, 2 weeks ago

DC Edit | Google fine: Caveat for Big Tech

Deccan Chronicle  

After a six-year-long antitrust lawsuit against Google, a US court declared that Alphabet, Google’s owner, has illegally monopolised the search market through exclusive deals with mobile handset makers. Judge Amit Mehta, who delivered this verdict, said Alphabet paid $26 billion to make its search engine the default option on smartphones and web browsers, and effectively blocked any other competitor from …

Google abused its power to maintain monopoly on search, US court rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google abused its power to maintain monopoly on search, US court rules

The Telegraph  

Google abused its power to maintain an illegal monopoly over the online search market, a US judge has ruled. Kent Walker, president of Google global affairs, said the company planned to appeal and said: “This decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available.” The case was bought …

European Union’s competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google
5 months, 3 weeks ago

European Union’s competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google

The Hindu  

The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft's multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, a top EU official said Friday. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, started reviewing the deal last year to see whether it broke EU merger rules but dropped it after concluding Microsoft hadn't gained control of …

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
7 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

Associated Press  

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that it’s unprecedented for a jury to decide a federal antitrust case brought by the government. The right to a jury trial, based …

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest case to focus on the search giant's business practices. The lawsuit seeks damages of up to 13.6 billion pounds on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, …

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

The Independent  

It was a defining moment of Rishi Sunak’s reign when he sat, being filmed, interviewing Elon Musk. “And there is a concern that this opens up, effectively, a sort of full merits appeal basis, something that we’ve been – in all the debates on this bill going through both Houses – keen to avoid.” Labour’s Alex Davies-Jones said the government …

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Apple, Google parent firm Alphabet, and Meta – the …

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening

Hindustan Times  

EU antitrust regulators opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms claiming potential breaches of landmark EU tech rules. The EU executive said in a statement as per news agency Reuters, “The Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these gatekeepers fall short of effective compliance of their obligations under …

Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets Act that took full …

Antitrust crackdown looms over Big Tech: How Apple, Google are likely staring at break-up orders in US and EU
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Antitrust crackdown looms over Big Tech: How Apple, Google are likely staring at break-up orders in US and EU

Live Mint  

Antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are tightening their grip on Big Tech, raising the spectre of potential break-up orders for industry titans such as Apple and Alphabet's Google, as per a Reuters report. Regulators have accused companies like Apple and Google of erecting insurmountable barriers around their products, creating what is termed as "walled gardens," thus hindering …

Google to face antitrust trial over ad tech monopoly: Know-more
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Google to face antitrust trial over ad tech monopoly: Know-more

India TV News  

Google will face another antitrust trial in the United States, and this time it is over its ad tech policies in the nation. The lawsuit reads, “Google’s anti-competitive behaviour has raised barriers to entry to artificially high levels, forced key competitors to abandon the market for ad tech tools, dissuaded potential competitors from joining the market, and left Google’s few …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to take the stand next week in ongoing US antitrust trial
1 year, 1 month ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to take the stand next week in ongoing US antitrust trial

Firstpost  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will be testifying next week on Monday, in a significant antitrust legal battle that revolves around Google’s dominant position in the search and search advertising sectors. Pichai is expected to face questions on Google’s investments to maintain search dominance Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google, is set to testify on Monday in …

Japan launches anti-monopoly probe into Google's search dominance
1 year, 2 months ago

Japan launches anti-monopoly probe into Google's search dominance

The Hindu  

Japan's competition watchdog said on Monday it has started investigating Google for a possible breach of anti-monopoly laws in web search services, following similar steps by authorities in Europe and other major economies. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said it was investigating whether Google violated Japan's Antimonopoly Act by returning part of its revenue to Android smartphone makers on the …

Sundar Pichai had warned Google about ‘bad optics’ of Apple search partnership: ‘Have Yahoo as a choice’
1 year, 2 months ago

Sundar Pichai had warned Google about ‘bad optics’ of Apple search partnership: ‘Have Yahoo as a choice’

Live Mint  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had expressed concerns about the search giant's exclusive partnership with Apple. Google pays the Cupertino-based tech giant billions of dollars to have Google search as the default search engine on all of its devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Pichai, who was in-charge of the company's Chrome browser, had shared his concerns about Google paying …

Microsoft-Google Clash & Other Learnings From the First Big Tech Antitrust Trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft-Google Clash & Other Learnings From the First Big Tech Antitrust Trial

The Quint  

These battles are nothing new. They revolve around various issues such as antitrust concerns, data privacy, market dominance, and competition. But the fact that regulators have opened the canvas of these fights is interesting because of two reasons: Firstly, it gives a wider opportunity for the regulators to understand the intricacies of the products and solutions in the market and …

Google Antitrust Lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of using tons of illegal methods to push up ad prices
1 year, 2 months ago

Google Antitrust Lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of using tons of illegal methods to push up ad prices

Firstpost  

The US Justice Department has accused Google of manipulating online ad auctions, a multibillion-dollar industry dominated by Google. The tech giant artificially increased online advertising rates in an unjust manner, allegedly During a rare antitrust trial in Washington, a lawyer representing the US Justice Department questioned a Google executive on Wednesday regarding the tactics employed by the tech giant to …

Who Is Google Actually Hurting?
1 year, 3 months ago

Who Is Google Actually Hurting?

Slate  

The Department of Justice has taken Google to court, in the most significant antitrust lawsuit to hit in decades. It’s arguing that Google unlawfully struck billion-dollar deals to be the default search engine on smartphone browsers, with executives of Apple expected to testify about the company’s cozy partnership. Advertisers Big and small businesses use Google as a critical bridge to …

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine
1 year, 3 months ago

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort at Europe's top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro EU antitrust fine imposed for market abuse related to its shopping service, saying that regulators failed to show that its practices were anti-competitive. Google lawyer Thomas Graf said the European Commission had failed to show that the company's different treatment of rivals …

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 12, Justice Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia started hearing what is being described as the most important case about the future of the Internet. The key allegation against Google is that its “arrangements” with Apple and other companies to be the default search engine on their devices, …

It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 3 months ago

It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google will confront a …

US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial
1 year, 3 months ago

US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial

The Hindu  

Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search. The trial is the biggest US antitrust case against a big tech company since the same department took on Microsoft more than two decades ago over …

Google antitrust lawsuit 2023: The tech giant heads to court as Biden cracks down on monopolies
1 year, 3 months ago

Google antitrust lawsuit 2023: The tech giant heads to court as Biden cracks down on monopolies

The Telegraph  

Why is Google on trial? For the first time in decades, its search engine is under threat, not from a traditional competitor, but from artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT that could replace the cascade of links that Google’s search engine offers with concise and precise answers. The Justice Department argues that Google’s dominance – accounting for nine in 10 …

Google Faces EU Charges Over Anti-Competitive Practices: Here's Why
1 year, 6 months ago

Google Faces EU Charges Over Anti-Competitive Practices: Here's Why

ABP News  

Alphabet's Google has been charged by European Union's antitrust regulators for anti-competitive practices in its digital advertising business on Wednesday. According to the 'Statement of Objections' sent to Google by the Commission over "abusive practices in online advertising technology" the company may have to sell part of its advertising business to address antitrust regulators' concerns. "The Commission takes issue with …

EU says Google ‘abused its dominant positions’ in online ads
1 year, 6 months ago

EU says Google ‘abused its dominant positions’ in online ads

The Hindu  

The European Commission accused Google on Wednesday of abusing its dominance of the online ad market and recommended the U.S. company sell part of its ad services to ensure fair competition. Google issued an immediate statement with its vice president for global ads, Dan Taylor, saying “we disagree” with the commission’s announcement “and we will respond accordingly”. Commission Vice President …

Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
1 year, 6 months ago

Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators hit Google with fresh antitrust charges Wednesday, saying the only way to satisfy competition concerns about its lucrative digital ad business is by selling off parts of the tech giant’s main moneymaker. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, said its preliminary view after an investigation is that “only the mandatory …

Breakup of Google Ad-Tech Business Now on Table in Europe, Too
1 year, 6 months ago

Breakup of Google Ad-Tech Business Now on Table in Europe, Too

Live Mint  

European Union antitrust regulators are considering pursuing a breakup of Google’s advertising-technology business as part of a new antitrust complaint, according to people familiar with the matter, escalating a trans-Atlantic push to loosen the search giant’s hold on digital ads. The European Commission, the EU’s top antitrust regulator, is expected as soon as Wednesday to file a formal antitrust complaint …

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance
1 year, 10 months ago

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government. The result, he added, is that “website creators earn less and advertisers pay more.” The lawsuit, filed in federal …

US sues Google over dominance of online ad market
1 year, 10 months ago

US sues Google over dominance of online ad market

Hindustan Times  

The US Justice Department sued Google on Tuesday for its dominance of the online advertising market, launching a fresh legal battle against the California-based tech giant. US sues Google over dominance of online ad market The federal antitrust suit accused Google of unlawfully maintaining a monopoly that had "corrupted legitimate competition in the ad tech industry." "In pursuit of outsized …

Regulating Big Tech gets a push
2 years, 2 months ago

Regulating Big Tech gets a push

Hindustan Times  

It was 16 years ago, in 2006, when the Oxford and Webster dictionaries recognised google as a verb to describe the act of looking something up on the internet. Through this period of boom, Google has not just retained its position as the gateway to the internet, but also entrenched it and expanded into new domains of personal digital devices …

‘Major setback': Google on Competition Commission's ₹1,338 crore fine order
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Major setback': Google on Competition Commission's ₹1,338 crore fine order

Hindustan Times  

Search engine giant Google on Friday called the ₹1,337.76 crore fine imposed by Competition Commission of India a ‘major setback for Indian consumers and businesses’. On Thursday, the anti-trust watchdog ordered Google to pay a ₹1,337.76 crore fine for ‘abusing its dominant position’ in multiple markets in the Android ecosystem. The CCI noted that Google ‘perpetuated’ its dominant position in …

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter
2 years, 2 months ago

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter

The Hindu  

More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros five years ago and told the firm to stop favouring its shopping …

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 3 months ago

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine

Firstpost  

The court said that “in order better to reflect the gravity and duration of the infringement”, it’s appropriate to give Google a fine of 4.125 billion euros, according to a press summary of the decision London: One of the European Union’s highest courts has largely upheld the bloc’s biggest-ever antitrust fine, issued to Google by the bloc’s competition enforcers in …

Google ad dominance threatened by third investigation
2 years, 6 months ago

Google ad dominance threatened by third investigation

The Telegraph  

Google faces its third investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority in 16 months over allegations it abuses its dominance to distort Britain’s advertising markets. The regulator said it was examining how Google’s advertising technology may deliberately and “illegally” favour its own services above those of third parties. Andrea Coscelli, the CMA’s chief executive, said: “We’re worried that Google may …

EU antitrust chief calls for global approach towards tech giants
2 years, 7 months ago

EU antitrust chief calls for global approach towards tech giants

The Hindu  

Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, the architect of landmark rules to curb the power of U.S. tech giants, called on Thursday for a global approach towards Big Tech to prevent companies taking advantage of enforcement gaps. Vestager, who has handed out billions of euros in fines to Alphabet's Google and launched investigations into Apple, Amazon and Meta Platform's Facebook, said …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 7 months ago

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe's second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to stop websites using brokers other than its AdSense platform which provided search adverts. The EU competition enforcer's …

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