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CTOnews.com, May 14 (Xinhua)-- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today that Google has agreed to pay a settlement of $8 million (CTOnews.com Note: about 55.68 million yuan) to Texas to settle its allegations of fraudulent Pixel 4 smartphone advertising. Paxton said Google's integrity as an advertiser was called into question because the tech giant "hired radio DJ to record and broadcast detailed recommendations about their personal experience with Pixel 4" but "refused to provide DJ with a mobile phone for them to use".

Google has already reached a settlement of about $9 million with the Federal Trade Commission and six other states. "We attach importance to complying with advertising regulations and have procedures in place to ensure that we comply with relevant regulations and industry standards," a Google spokesman said earlier. We are glad to solve this problem. "

"if Google is going to advertise in Texas, their statements better be true," Paxton said. " He decided to take action to hold Google accountable for "lying to Texans for economic gain", saying big companies should not expect "special treatment before the law". "Texas will do everything it can to protect our citizens and the state economy from false and misleading advertising," Paxton said.

CTOnews.com notes that this is not the first time Texas has clashed with Google. In 2020, Texas and other states jointly sued Google, accusing the company of "illegally maintaining a monopoly on Internet search and search advertising services". The lawsuit is still ongoing, and this week Google filed a memo asking the court to reject requests from states to review communications between some of its employees and their lawyers. In addition, in 2022, Texas sued Google, "accusing the technology company of illegally obtaining and using biometric data of millions of Texans without proper informed consent." at the time, Paxton compared Google to the eyes of modern Sauron.

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