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Google agrees to pay $100 million to settle 2011 ad lawsuit

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Google settles 2011 ad lawsuit for $100 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of charging advertisers for clicks on ads that appeared outside their chosen geographic areas.

The lawsuit, originally filed in 2011 , focused on Google ’s advertising platform, formerly called AdWords .

Businesses that used Google Ads between June 1, 2009 , and December 13, 2012 , are included in this class-action settlement.

The settlement was reached after a thorough investigation during which legal teams reviewed a massive amount of data.