Google faces lawsuit over online ads from UK publishers       

Thwe class action claim was filed on behalf of 130,000 businesses publishing around 1.75 million websites and apps.

Google has been sued by a group of British website publishers who allege the US company and its parent Alphabet abused their dominant position in online advertising, depriving them of revenue.

The class action claim was filed at a Competition Appeal tribunal on behalf of 130,000 businesses publishing around 1.75 million websites and apps in Britain, law firms Humphries Kerstetter and Geradin Partners said. Google dismissed the lawsuit in a statement.