Google Violated Antitrust Law by Monopolizing Online Search, Judge Rules

Judge Amit Mehta says in his 277-page ruling that the Silicon Valley titan ‘has not achieved market dominance by happenstance.’

AP/Richard Drew
Google logos on various screens. AP/Richard Drew

A federal judge says Google is violating federal antitrust law by monopolizing its search through unfair business practices, including by paying other tech companies billions of dollars every year to set Google search as the default engine on computers and smartphones. The judge did not issue any remedy for the violations, however. 

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