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US judge rules Google's online search monopoly is illegal

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A federal judge has ruled that Google has violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly over online searches and related ads. The decision marks the US Department of Justice's first victory against a monopolist in 20 years. Google has been accused of using its dominant position to exclude competitors and has paid billions of dollars to secure exclusive contracts with smartphone and web browser manufacturers. The judge found that Google has acted as a monopolist to maintain its market-leading position, violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

  1. US
    Merrick Garland
    US Department of Justice
    1. This victory against Google is an historic win for the American people.
    2. No company — no matter how large or influential — is above the law. The Justice Department will continue to vigorously enforce our antitrust laws.
  2. US
    Amit Mehta
    US Department of Justice
    1. Google's admission that it does not 'consider whether users will go to other specific search providers (general or otherwise) if it introduces a change to its Search product.'
    2. Google's penchant for innovation is consistent with the behavior of a monopolist.
    3. In 2020, Google conducted a quality degradation study, which showed that it would not lose search revenue if were to significantly reduce the quality of its search product. Just as the power to raise price 'when it is desired to do so' is proof of monopoly power, so too is the ability to degrade product quality without concern of losing consumers.
  3. US
    Google
    1. This decision recognises that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn't be allowed to make it easily available.
    2. After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.
  4. US
    Kent Walker
    Alphabet Inc
    1. Given this, and that people are increasingly looking for information in more and more ways, we plan to appeal.
  5. US
    Adam Kovacevich
    Chamber of Progress
    1. Microsoft has underinvested in search for decades, but today's ruling opens the door to a court mandate of default deals for Bing. That's a slap in the face to consumers who chose Google because they think it's the best.
  6. Kenneth Dintzer
    Google
    1. The best testimony for that, for the importance of defaults, is Google's cheque book.

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sources

  1. 1.ABC News (Australia)
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.Ars Technica
  6. 6.Al Jazeera
  7. 7.The Times
  8. 8.Le Monde
  9. 9.ABC News
  10. 10.CNN

perspectives

  1. 1.US Economy
  2. 2.Tech industry
  3. 3.Regulation
  4. 4.US-EU relations
  5. 5.Advertising Industry
  6. 6.Monopoly

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.GoogleUS
  2. 2.AppleUS
  3. 3.Alphabet Inc
  4. 4.Microsoft
  5. 5.US Department of JusticeUS
  6. 6.FacebookUS
  7. 7.MetaUS
  8. 8.Mozilla
  9. 9.Amazon.com
  10. 10.AT&T
  11. 11.Cornell University
  12. 12.DuckDuckGo

persons

  1. 1.Amit MehtaUS
  2. 2.Merrick GarlandUS
  3. 3.Kent WalkerUS
  4. 4.Donald TrumpUS
  5. 5.Joe BidenUS
  6. 6.Adam KovacevichUS
  7. 7.Amy KlobucharUS
  8. 8.Diana Moss
  9. 9.George Hay
  10. 10.John Schmidtlein
  11. 11.Kenneth Dintzer
  12. 12.Rebecca Allensworth

technicals

  1. 1.Bing
  2. 2.Edge
  3. 3.iPhone
  4. 4.Sherman Act
  5. 5.Big Tech
  6. 6.Chrome
  7. 7.Internet Explorer
  8. 8.Windows
US judge rules Google's online search monopoly is illegal