Google to pay $8 million to settle claims of deceptive ads for Pixel 4 smartphone

Google, a unit of Alphabet, has agreed to pay $8 million to settle claims it used misleading commercials to advertise the Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton introduced on Friday.

The search and promoting large, which additionally makes Android smartphone software program and owns YouTube, has been scrutinised for antitrust and shopper safety infractions by each the federal authorities and state attorneys common. The federal authorities has filed two antitrust lawsuits.

In this occasion, Paxton’s workplace alleged that Google employed radio announcers to provide testimonials in regards to the Pixel 4 regardless that the corporate had refused to permit them to make use of one of many telephones.

“If Google is going to advertise in Texas, their statements better be true,” Paxton stated in a press release. “In this case, the company made statements that were blatantly false, and our settlement holds Google accountable for lying to Texans for financial gain.”

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