NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising and consumer privacy.

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Hoping to mollify Congress and state legislators,Yahoo is broadening ?opt-out? controls covering targeted ads across its portal.

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Congress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo on Tuesday, demanding to know whether the Internet company’s advertising partnership with Google, intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft, raises antitrust concerns.

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