Google Is a Monopoly: Judge Rules Against Tech Giant in Landmark Antitrust Case
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Published 2024-08-06
In the biggest antitrust case in decades, a federal judge ruled Monday that Google illegally maintains a monopoly over the online search industry, using its market dominance to shut out competitors and limit user choice. "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly," Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for D.C. wrote in his ruling. What remedies will be demanded by the government is the next stage of the lawsuit, which is also likely to be appealed all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, says antitrust expert Matt Stoller. But the ruling is certain to have far-reaching effects in Silicon Valley as Big Tech firms face increasing scrutiny over their business practices. "The question has been: Who runs this country?" says Stoller. "Is it a small group of people that make choices about what we can see online, or is it the public, through competition?" Stoller is research director at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.
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All Comments (21)
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We need to do more with Anti Trust laws. So many corporations own so much we do not have free choice.
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Our food is monopolized. Small farmers are being attacked!
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This is one of the big antitrust decisions since Microsoft in the late ‘90s. So glad we have some semblance of a government left that actually does some corporate enforcement.
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Corporate Oligarchy.
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removing google browser as the default is virtue signaling. REMOVE GOOGLE DEFAULT ON MY PHONE ALL TOGETHER WHERE I HAVE TO AGREE TO THEIR DATA HARVESTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHEN I SET UP MY PHONE
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We have far too many monopolies in America, makes everything more expensive and lower quality.
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Ms. Khan is exactly in the correct position for her strong commitment to the American people and fairness! Thank you.
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Lina Kahn is a national treasure
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Does anyone else find it disturbing that we're watching this on a platform which is owned by the company that was just deemed an illegal monopoly?
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Thank you, Lina Khan. I pray the Harris Administration keeps her on as FTC Chair.
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I fell in love with YouTube a decade ago learning how to renovate my house. I’d open the app and plumbing videos, interior design, DIY electrical all populated in my feed from my favorite channels. Today when I open the app those videos are not the first thing I see. I see the world on fire 🔥 burning 🔥 from channels I never subscribed to. The CEO made the decision to change this algorithm and does not give me an opportunity to change it back. I’d like to hear from the CEO why does he want Americans to feel chaos when they open the app?
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YEARS???? They've put us out of business THIS YEAR!!!!!
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Good! We should keep giant corporations in constant check.
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Thank you matt stoller
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If you’re a small business it’s impossible to go after the big boys who work hard to shut you down before you even start. I speak from personal experience.😡I don’t have millions to sue any of them.
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No Company, No Corporation, No Man/Women, No Former Loser of a President, No One is above the LAW in America...
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United States of corporations and billionaires!
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The problem will be SCOTUS - I don't think we can consider this a win yet unfortunately.
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Looks to me like what they did to AT&T. Anyone remember that? Same 'ol, same 'ol.
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Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
