DOJ to Announce Historic Antitrust Suit against Google
Featured Image – Google building in Irvine, Calif., July 27, 2020 (Mike Blake/Reuters)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, on Tuesday, the DOJ will file an antitrust lawsuit.
The allegation, in the suit, is Google uses a web of business agreements that maintain the search engine’s prominence to the detriment of competitors. They further allege Google uses funds, gleaned from advertisements, in order to pay other carriers and cell phone makers to maintain Google as their default browser. This practice makes Google the destination for 80 percent of all internet search queries in the U.S.
For over a year, DOJ has been conducting an investigation. The upcoming suit represents the largest legal challenge concerning Google’s dominance in the technology financial industry.
The interesting result of this lawsuit is it could generate bipartisan agreement in Congress.
Personally, I do not use Google. People seem to not understand they can change their “search engine” on their cell phones.