Microsoft accuses Google of creating “shadow campaigns” to discredit its cloud business and hiring commentators to spread negative criticism. This was stated by Microsoft deputy general counsel Rima Alayli in a blog on the company’s website.
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Google will launch a group this week “designed to discredit Microsoft in the eyes of antitrust authorities and politicians and mislead the public,” Alayli said. The visible face of the organization will be the European cloud providers. “It is not yet known what Google offered small businesses for their participation: monetary rewards or discounts,” the lawyer said.
Alayla also claims that Google recently tried to recruit another organization, CISPE, to pressure Microsoft. Over the summer, as CISPE prepared to settle its lawsuit against Microsoft, Google reportedly offered its members “a combination of $500 million in cash and loans” to abandon the deal and pursue the lawsuit. However, the company rejected the offer.
“Unfortunately, Google’s tactics go beyond creating lobbying organizations. The company also uses paid commentators to discredit us. Because? I suspect this is due to the fact that Google is facing serious challenges,” Alayli said.
He stressed that the search service, digital advertising and Google’s monopoly in the mobile application market are facing a threat of this type for the first time in 20 years. Google is currently the subject of more than 20 antitrust investigations in key digital markets around the world, Alayli said.
Microsoft believes Google has two goals: to distract regulators’ attention by discrediting Microsoft and to change the “regulatory landscape” in favor of its cloud services.
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