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From the Associated Press: A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies.
The highly anticipated decision issued by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country’s biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.
After reviewing reams of evidence that included testimony from top executives at Google, Microsoft and Apple during last year’s 10-week trial, Mehta issued his potentially market-shifting decision three months after the two sides presented their closing arguments in early May.
“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,” Mehta wrote in his 277-page ruling.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated the victory, writing, “BREAKING TEXAS TRIUMPHS OVER BIG TECH AGAIN: Today, a federal court ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly by exploiting its dominance to squash competition and hamper innovation. Google engaged in anticompetitive trade practices to monopolize internet search engines and advertisements. I’m proud to lead this case and deliver another major win against Big Tech.”
🚨 BREAKING TEXAS TRIUMPHS OVER BIG TECH AGAIN: Today, a federal court ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly by exploiting its dominance to squash competition and hamper innovation. Google engaged in anticompetitive trade practices to monopolize internet search…
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 5, 2024
BREAKING: After a lengthy anti-trust trial, a federal judge has ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in both search and advertising. https://t.co/pDuHRVx8nA pic.twitter.com/XRZUPjDsKU
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 5, 2024
“‘T]he court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”
BREAKING.🚨
A federal judge has *FINALLY* ruled Google has an ILLEGAL monopoly on both search and advertising pic.twitter.com/yz2oOpcDm4
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 5, 2024
Google was recently hit with major backlash for suppressing searches about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
🚨 #BREAKING: Google was just handed a MASSIVE defeat in court over its search business
GOOD! 🔥
“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” said US District Judge Amit Mehta
Hopefully this will lead to accountability for Google, since they’ve… pic.twitter.com/2TePA83rX7
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 5, 2024
BREAKING: Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance https://t.co/BwB27n4Wfd
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2024
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