Live Updates: What the US antitrust ruling says about Google’s monopoly over ads
Google suffered a huge legal setback on Monday, August 5, after a US district court ruled that the tech giant illegally maintained a monopoly of the online search market by making exclusive deals with other tech companies and pushing out competition in the massive online search industry.
The decision was handed down by the court in an antitrust lawsuit that was filed against Google by the US Department of Justice, as well as other states such as Colorado. In a lengthy order penned by Judge Amit Mehta, the court held that Google broke the law, specifically Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
