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The most significant antitrust trial in 25 years is drawing to a close in Washington, with Google making its final stand against the DOJ’s efforts to break the tech giant’s death grip on online search.
However, Kenneth Dintzer, a lawyer for the government, countered that Google’s “anti-competitive conduct harms competition and is self-perpetuating.” He emphasized that defaults “are a powerful way to drive searches, otherwise Google wouldn’t pay billions of dollars for them.” Judge Amit Mehta, presiding over the case, noted that search has evolved significantly over the past decade. While questioning the DOJ’s contention that the quality of search had suffered due to the lack of competition, he also acknowledged that only two “substantial competitors” had entered the search market in the past decade, highlighting potential barriers to entry.
This antitrust trial is the most high-profile since the DOJ’s case against Microsoft in the 1990s and serves as a significant test for the Biden administration’s tougher stance on curbing the power of Big Tech. The Federal Trade Commission has pending litigation against Meta and Amazon, while the DOJ recently unveiled a case against Apple.
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