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Oct 21, 2020 4:00 AM PT
Google found itself in the crosshairs of government regulators Tuesday as the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against the tech giant for unlawfully maintaining a monopoly in online search services and in search advertising. This is a monumental case for the Department of Justice and, more importantly, for the American consumer, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr said in a statement.
He explained that over the last 16 months, his agency s Antitrust Division has collected convincing evidence that Google no longer competes only on merit but instead uses its monopoly power and billions in monopoly profits to lock up key pathways to search on mobile phones, browsers, and next generation devices, depriving rivals of distribution and scale.