Groups Seek to Block Google's Purchase of AdMob

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A pair of consumer advocacy groups have requested publicly that the Federal Trade Commission deny Google’s recent purchase of the mobile ad network AdMob.

In November, Google reached a deal to acquire the fast-growing AdMob, which claims to serve ads on approximately 15,000 mobile Web properties across the world, for $750 million in stock. On Monday, the Washington, D.C.-based groups Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Watchdog issued a joint missive urging the FTC to kill the Google deal based on concerns over anti-trust and consumer privacy issues.

Specifically,

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