Google is A Monopoly So Says the Judge

I’m guessing things are about to change. Federal Judge Amit Mehta has declared Google to be a monopolist as relates to its search and advertising business.

The ruling comes after a 10-week trial and is sure to shake things up in the tech landscape with other big tech companies like Apple, Amazon, and Meta also facing legal challenges regarding their potential status as monopolies. So far no remedies have been proposed yet, so we will have to see how it all plays out.

Here’s the money quote from the verdict:

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…it has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

Google also faces another fight with the Justice Department again this fall challenging its advertising technology business.

You can read the entire lengthy verdict at this link. Or you could just Google it.

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