[jfoster]

The HN title is hugely misleading, because it drops "Texas says".

I would change it to "Google, Facebook allegedly had illegal deal to rig ad market"

Sometimes this would be a technicality, for example where it's beyond much doubt, but in this case it seems that it's far from proven, so far.

[microtherion]

Yes, given recent events, omitting ", Texas says" from a title seems somewhat rash, all the more so when the lawsuit is announced by the Texas AG of recent notoriety, introducing it by saying "Texas takes the lead once more!"

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

>according to a lawsuit filed by 10 states led by Texas.

[jfoster]

Things don't become true based merely on the number of lawsuits filed. If there were some further substance in the public domain (eg. emails, whistleblower, technical analysis, etc.) then adding "allegedly" might be more of a technicality.

At the moment, I have no idea whether Facebook & Google did this or not. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. No judges have ruled on it yet. No evidence has been presented. Even the details of what exactly they are being accused of are vague. It's purely an allegation at this point.