{"id":5616,"date":"2025-11-04T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/?p=5616"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:45:20","slug":"raptive-accuses-google-of-rigging-ad-auctions-and-cheating-publishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/raptive-accuses-google-of-rigging-ad-auctions-and-cheating-publishers-5616\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptive Accuses Google of Rigging Ad Auctions and Cheating Publishers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raptive, which manages ad sales for thousands of independent publishers, has filed a major lawsuit accusing Google of secretly manipulating ad auctions to underpay websites for years. The case claims Google used insider data and hidden programs to tilt the market, costing publishers billions.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Raptive <\/span>filed<\/span><\/a> the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 17, 2025, alleging Google\u2019s advertising empire has been running on what it calls \u201cdeceptive and illegal\u201d practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The complaint accuses Google of exploiting its dominance in ad technology, acting at once as the auctioneer, the exchange, and even a buyer, to quietly game ad sales in its favor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Raptive says Google ran secret programs that manipulated the prices advertisers paid and publishers earned, allowing Google to take a bigger cut from every ad sold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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