WASHINGTON :A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world's default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech's market dominance.
The logo for Google is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, US, November 17, 2021. WASHINGTON :A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world's default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech's market dominance.
"The court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly," District Judge Amit Mehta wrote. The search engine giant controls about 90 per cent of the online search market, and 95 per cent on smartphones. Alphabet said it plans to appeal Mehta's ruling."This decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available," Google said in a statement.
He added, “Google, of course, recognizes that losing defaults would dramatically impact its bottom line. For instance, Google has projected that losing the Safari default would result in a significant drop in queries and billions of dollars in lost revenues.” In the past four years, federal antitrust regulators have also sued Meta Platforms, Amazon.com and Apple, claiming the companies have illegally maintained monopolies.Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic U.S. senator who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee, said the fact that the case spanned administrations shows strong bipartisan support for antitrust enforcement.
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