2024-08-07 00:50:21
Is Google a monopoly? Federal Judge Amit Mehta ruled in favor of the Justice Department considering that the search engine giant violated the antitrust law.
The ruling confirms that Google would have abused form to look atl of its dominance in the internet search engine market for crush your competition.
This ruling is a victory for the Department of Justice, which made a controversial ruling on Google by considering it “monopoly“after taking over 90 percent of search engines on computers and 95 percent on phones.
Google denied being a monopoly despite complaint from the Department of Justice
It all started in 2020 when the United States Department of Justice presented a controversial sentence by accusing that Google had infringed on monopolistic and anti-competitive practices.
According to the document submitted by the authorities, the company invested billions of dollars to ensure that Android devices had Google as their default search engine.
The Justice Department adds that Google used general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising, to contribute to the growth of its monopolyand prevent other search engines from being on a level playing field.
Among the brands that were cited for using Google as their default search engine, the following stand out:
Google denied having infringed on monopolistic practices, arguing that users were free to choose the search engine of their choice, and that installation was “easy.”
However, this did not prevent the federal judge, Amit Mehta, from determining that Google had indeed committed practices that make it a monopoly pointing out that the company violated section 2 of the Sherman Act.
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What will be the penalty for Google?
Google The company has not yet commented on the ruling by federal judge Amit Mehta, but it is known that the company will have the opportunity to appeal the decision before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
As of the writing of this note, it is unknown what the sanction will be for the search giant following the controversial ruling by the United States Department of Justice.
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2024-08-07 00:50:21