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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to accuse Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising in a lawsuit to be filed on Tuesday, the government’s most significant legal challenge to a tech company’s market power in a generation, according to officials at the agency.
In its suit, to be filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., the agency will accuse Google, a unit of Alphabet, of illegally maintaining its monopoly over search through several exclusive business contracts and agreements that lock out competition, said the officials, who were not authorized to speak on the record. Such contracts include Google’s payment of billions of dollars to Apple to place the Google search engine as the default for iPhones.
This may just be the beginning of these suits against internet giants no matter who is in office. I don't necessarily have an issue with this. Some of these companies are too powerful and stifle competition.
One of Google's defenses will obviously be this is all political coming just weeks before the election. They would probably have a very good point.
What say you?
In its suit, to be filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., the agency will accuse Google, a unit of Alphabet, of illegally maintaining its monopoly over search through several exclusive business contracts and agreements that lock out competition, said the officials, who were not authorized to speak on the record. Such contracts include Google’s payment of billions of dollars to Apple to place the Google search engine as the default for iPhones.
U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly (Published 2020)
A victory for the government could remake one of America’s most recognizable companies and the internet economy that it has helped define.
www.nytimes.com
This may just be the beginning of these suits against internet giants no matter who is in office. I don't necessarily have an issue with this. Some of these companies are too powerful and stifle competition.
One of Google's defenses will obviously be this is all political coming just weeks before the election. They would probably have a very good point.
What say you?
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