What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits

ronjor · Oct 15, 2023

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE October 15, 2023

If government regulators prevail against Google in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes that will undermine the dominance of a search engine that defines the internet for billions of people.
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ronjor · Oct 31, 2023

5 things we learned so far about the Google antitrust case 20 Oct 2023

Rebecca Bellan@rebeccabellan October 30, 2023
In January, the Department of Justice, along with eight states including New York, California and Colorado, demanded a jury trial in the lawsuit against Google. The lawsuit aims to “halt Google’s anticompetitive scheme, unwind Google’s monopolistic grip on the market, and restore competition to digital advertising.” The action follows a 2020 antitrust claim over Google’s dominance in the online search market.
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ronjor · Dec 21, 2024

Our remedies proposal in DOJ’s search distribution case

Lee-Anne Mulholland Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
We strongly disagree with and will appeal the decision in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) search distribution lawsuit:
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As the Court found, Google achieved its popularity and success through innovation: by building the best search engine and making smart investment and business decisions, like our early investment in mobile. People don't use Google because they have to — they use it because they want to.
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And what’s more, the landscape the Court evaluated is highly dynamic. Since the trial ended over a year ago, AI has already rapidly reshaped the industry, with new entrants and new ways of finding information, making it even more competitive.
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ronjor · Dec 21, 2024

Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal

Paresh Dave Dec 21, 2024
Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
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ronjor · Apr 18, 2025

Google loses ad tech monopoly case

by Emma Roth and Lauren Feiner Apr 17, 2025
The US proved Google ‘willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts.’
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T-RHex · Apr 18, 2025

The US proved Google ‘willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts.’
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Seems a bit hypocritical now...

ronjor · Apr 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM

Google is in more danger than ever of being broken up

by Lauren Feiner Apr 19, 2025
Google will fight to keep its Chrome browser in a search antitrust trial starting Monday, after losing an ad-tech suit.
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In this and the coming ad-tech remedies trial, the judges may find that less extreme measures can address the harms they believe Google inflicted. But it’s still the greatest antitrust threat a major tech company has faced in the US for decades — since Microsoft’s landmark loss over its PC operating system monopoly 25 years ago.
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