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Google and the U.S. Justice Department concluded their closing arguments on Friday, wrapping up the antitrust trial. The case challenges Google's dominance in web search and related advertising, with potential implications for the 'future of the internet'.

Google and the U.S. Justice Department wrapped up closing arguments on Friday over claims that the Alphabet unit has unlawfully dominated web search and

Google’s pre-eminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than US$20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Department lawyers argued at the closings of a high-stakes antitrust...

AP – Google’s preeminence as an Internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than USD20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, United States (US) Justice Department lawyers argued at the closings of a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit. Google, on the other hand, maintains that its ubiquity […]

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.

The case is very important as it could shape the “future of the internet.”

In the last day of closing arguments in the antitrust lawsuit, lawyers sparred over the search advertising market and the “history off” setting for internal chats.

Mehta said a central issue was platform "substitute-ability" for advertisers, which the court must resolve. He will now begin preparing to render a major decision on whether Googles conduct broke civil antitrust law. He did not indicate when he would rule, but experts say he could potentially order changes to Googles business practices.

US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington for hours grilled both sides with questions, probing whether competitive platforms such as ByteDances TikTok and Metas Facebook and Instagram are competitive substitutes for search advertising dollars.

US district judge now prepares to render a major decision in coming months, on whether Google’s conduct broke antitrust law.