Google Faces New br Anti-Trust Probes by br 50 Attorneys General.br The joint state initiative br is being led by Texas Attorney br General Ken Paxton.br The anti-trust probe is different br from previous privacy probes br because it could actually impact br Google's business model.br Google could be forced to br break off business units such as br YouTube, or make its algorithms br more competitor friendly.br When there is no longer a free market or competition, this increases prices, even when something is marketed as free, and harms consumers. , Ashley Moody, Florida state attorney, via CNBC.br Is something really free if we are increasingly giving over our privacy information? Is something really free if online ad prices go up based on one company’s control, Ashley Moody, Florida state attorney, via CNBC.br The probe includes Puerto Rico br and the District of Columbia. br It excludes the states of br Alabama and California.br In a Google blog post, the company br stated that is has "always worked br constructively with regulators br and we will continue to do so.