Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market (opens in new tab)

It's still there. There have been multiple submissions of the same basic story, we merged them, and the one we merged them into is still #1 on the front page. Or am I misunderstanding your question?

That's the problem. I'm keen to see some evidence. The Texas vs. Democracy case had a 70-page filing, of which literally every aspect was obviously false. That filing makes me look at this heavily redacted filing and think "this is all made up". Maybe it's not, but it's the rational reaction.

The issue here is that:

1. It's very clear that his office has no qualms with filing cases that include untrue statements.

2. It's also the case that this group of claimants is strongly associated with a government official who is very angry at companies and has been trying to attack a communications law from every angle he has. One cannot help but wonder at the timing of all this.

It may very well be true. Sadly, we have to be skeptical now.

Things don't become true based merely on the number of lawsuits filed. If there were some further substance in the public domain (eg. emails, whistleblower, technical analysis, etc.) then adding "allegedly" might be more of a technicality.

At the moment, I have no idea whether Facebook & Google did this or not. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. No judges have ruled on it yet. No evidence has been presented. Even the details of what exactly they are being accused of are vague. It's purely an allegation at this point.