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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'.
A U.S. federal judge has set a trial date of Sept. 9, 2024, for the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of states against Google. The lawsuit, filed in January 2023, accuses Google of monopolizing the digital advertising market. The government wants Google to sell its ad manager suite. Google denies the allegations, saying it would harm innovation and small businesses. Google also faces trials in Texas and Washington, D.C., over its ad tech practices and web search dominance.
The US government strives to establish Google's monopolisation of the search engine market and abuse of position in high-stakes antitrust lawsuit.
This case, filed by the Trump administration, was the first of four aimed at reining in tech leaders. The second, against Meta, was also filed during the Trump administration while Biden's antitrust enforcers have followed with a second case against Google as well as one against Amazon.com.
The government, which has filed four major antitrust lawsuits against three Big Tech companies since 2020, has accused Google of paying billions - $26.3 billion in 2021 - to ensure that its search is the default on smartphones and browsers and to keep its market share in the stratosphere. It alleges the payments are an abuse of monopoly.