So far, the investigation, which is being led by Texas' attorney general, has explicitly focused on Google's advertising business.
The 50 attorneys general investigating Google are preparing to expand their antitrust investigation into the company's search and Android businesses, people familiar with the matter tell CNBC.
The development comes as politicians on both sides of the aisle, including President Donald Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, increasingly tee off on Silicon Valley. The development comes as politicians on both sides of the aisle, including President Donald Trump, increasingly tee off on Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called for Big Tech firms to be broken up.
But at a recent meeting of several attorney generals participating in the probe, Paxton expressed his support for expanding the probe's purview into Google's search and Android businesses. Other states will carry out the investigations of search and Android separately, the people said. It wasn't clear which states would look at those businesses, however.
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