Massive Loss for Google - Court Rules It's An Illegal Monopoly

Massive Loss for Google - Court Rules It's An Illegal Monopoly

August 6, 2024

Glenn Greenwald - System Update

Google just lost a massive antitrust trial over its sprawling search business, as US District Judge Amit Mehta released his ruling showing that he sided with the US Department of Justice in the case that could disrupt how billions of people search the web.

"Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Mehta wrote in his opinion. “It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”

GOOGLE MONOPOLIZES TWO MARKETS, JUDGE RULED

Mehta ruled that Google spending billions on exclusive distribution agreements with companies like Apple helped the tech giant maintain monopolies in two markets: general search services and general text advertising.

The US government had argued that Google used these exclusive deals to block out competitors like Bing or DuckDuckGo, "by ensuring that all of Android and Apple and mobile users are offered Google, either as the default general search engine or the only general search engine, Google's deals with Android and Apple clearly have a significant effect in preserving its monopoly." The DOJ successfully argued that Google blocks rivals from reaching the "critical level necessary" to "pose a real threat to Google's monopoly."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/google-loses-dojs-big-monopoly-trial-over-search-business/

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