{"id":112170,"date":"2024-10-09T13:57:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112170"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:57:47","slug":"justice-department-calls-for-sanctions-against-google-in-landmark-antitrust-case-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112170","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department calls for sanctions against Google in landmark antitrust case : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-26966\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 7794;&#10;        --source-height: 5196;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7794x5196+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2F6e%2Fd14bc3874b329ae38f7a53a39bd5%2Fgettyimages-2172554211.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7794x5196+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2F6e%2Fd14bc3874b329ae38f7a53a39bd5%2Fgettyimages-2172554211.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7794x5196+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2F6e%2Fd14bc3874b329ae38f7a53a39bd5%2Fgettyimages-2172554211.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7794x5196+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2F6e%2Fd14bc3874b329ae38f7a53a39bd5%2Fgettyimages-2172554211.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7794x5196+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2F6e%2Fd14bc3874b329ae38f7a53a39bd5%2Fgettyimages-2172554211.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"The Justice Department sued Google for allegedly using its dominance to control the search engine market. In August, a federal judge ruled in favor of the government and now must decide how to sanction the company.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7794x5196+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2F6e%2Fd14bc3874b329ae38f7a53a39bd5%2Fgettyimages-2172554211.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The Justice Department sued Google for allegedly using its dominance to control the search engine market. In August, a federal judge ruled in favor of the government and now must decide how to sanction the company.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Leon Neal\/Getty Images Europe<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Leon Neal\/Getty Images Europe<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Justice is proposing a series of sanctions against Google to ensure that it can no longer monopolize the search engine market. In a filing late Tuesday night, the government laid out its framework for reining in the tech giant.<\/p>\n<p>Proposals include possibly putting an end to exclusive agreements Google has with companies like Apple and Samsung, and prohibiting certain kinds of data tracking. The government wrote that it\u2019s considering \u201cbehavioral and structural\u201d remedies that would ensure Google couldn\u2019t use its Chrome browser or Android phone in a way that advantages its search engine, but didn\u2019t outline what the structural remedies would be.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cGoogle\u2019s anticompetitive conduct resulted in interlocking and pernicious harms,\u201d reads the filing. The markets Google controls, it continues, \u201care indispensable to the lives of all Americans, whether as individuals or as business owners, and the importance of effectively unfettering these markets and restoring competition cannot be overstated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 32-page filing follows federal Judge Amit Mehta\u2019s ruling in August that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly on the search engine market. That ruling was the culmination of an antitrust lawsuit that the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/10\/20\/925736276\/google-abuses-its-monopoly-power-over-search-justice-department-says-in-lawsuit\"><u>filed against Google in 2020<\/u><\/a>, which was joined by 38 state attorneys general.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5146006-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1248152695\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/05\/02\/1248152695\/google-doj-monopoly-trial-antitrust-closing-arguments\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/02\\\/1248152695\\\/google-doj-monopoly-trial-antitrust-closing-arguments&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/04\/30\/gettyimages-1281329514_sq-e8ad5d82205c05e9124cdeb97af950d5080e8257.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"U.S. v. Google: As landmark 'monopoly power' trial closes, here's what to look for\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5146006-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department accused Google of illegally orchestrating its business dealings to ensure its search engine dominated the market. After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/09\/12\/1198558372\/doj-google-monopoly-antitrust-trial-search-engine\"><u>10-week trial last fall<\/u><\/a>, Mehta ruled in favor of the Justice Department. Google has said it will appeal this decision.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s filing on Tuesday is its initial set of proposals to seek remedies against Google. In the filing, the Justice Department said it intends to go through court-ordered discovery for further evidence to support its stance. It will file a more refined framework in November and Google will have a chance to propose its own remedies in December.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/public-policy\/doj-search-remedies-framework\/\">blog post<\/a> published Tuesday night, Google\u2019s vice president of global affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland wrote, \u201cwe are concerned the DOJ is already signaling requests that go far beyond the specific legal issues in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mulholland appears to be interpreting the government\u2019s filing as calling for the breakup of Google\u2019s Chrome and Android businesses. She argues that those businesses have cost the company billions to develop. They are free and have open-source code that has benefited competitors and customers, she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake: Breaking them off would change their business models, raise the cost of devices, and undermine Android and Google Play in their robust competition with Apple\u2019s iPhone and App Store,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>This is a major turning point in the regulation of Big Tech. Monopolies aren\u2019t illegal in and of themselves, but using monopoly power to maintain market dominance is against the law. <\/p>\n<p>The last antitrust case of this magnitude to make it to trial was in 1998, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/atr\/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact\"><u>Justice Department sued Microsoft<\/u><\/a>. That lawsuit centered around claims that Microsoft illegally grouped its various products together in a way that both stifled competition and compelled people to use its products.<\/p>\n<p>A judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department back then, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/04\/04\/business\/us-vs-microsoft-overview-us-judge-says-microsoft-violated-antitrust-laws-with.html\"><u>Microsoft violated antitrust laws<\/u><\/a> and held &#8220;an oppressive thumb on the scale of competitive fortune.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the last quarter of a century, tech companies have amassed enormous power and now play a crucial part in most people\u2019s daily lives. Google\u2019s parent Alphabet is one of the most valuable companies in the world \u2013 now worth more than $2 trillion \u2014 and the word \u201cGoogle\u201d is synonymous with searching the internet. <\/p>\n<p>The company controls around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/engines\/\"><u>90% of the U.S. search engine market<\/u><\/a>, while its closest competitors, Bing and Yahoo, each have around 3% of the market share.<\/p>\n<p>If Mehta agrees with the Justice Department and decides to put stringent limits on Google\u2019s reach, it could have a ripple effect throughout the industry.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">What the Justice Department wants from Google<\/h3>\n<p>The thrust of the Justice Department\u2019s case against Google focused on exclusive agreements the company made with device manufacturers, like Apple and Samsung. During the trial, internal documents and witnesses revealed that Google had paid billions of dollars per year to ensure it was the default search engine on smartphones, like the iPhone, and on web browsers, like Mozilla\u2019s Firefox.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Witness testimony revealed the eye-popping sums Google paid its partners. For example, in 2021 alone, Google<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/05\/02\/1248152695\/google-doj-monopoly-trial-antitrust-closing-arguments\"><u> spent a total of $26.3 billion on its deals<\/u><\/a> to be the default search engine. Apple had the most lucrative partnership with Google, bringing in $18 billion from the search giant that one year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/26\/technology\/google-apple-search-spotlight.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\"><u>according to the<\/u><em><u> New York Times<\/u><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5146006-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1208928441\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/10\/29\/1208928441\/google-to-present-its-star-witness-the-companys-ceo-in-landmark-monopoly-trial\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/29\\\/1208928441\\\/google-to-present-its-star-witness-the-companys-ceo-in-landmark-monopoly-trial&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/10\/26\/gettyimages-1493187008_sq-facdffa6e9655b96ded66717b50685b253f7cd7a.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Google to present its star witness, the company's CEO, in landmark monopoly trial\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5146006-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The government argued that these exclusive agreements made it difficult for rivals to edge in and left consumers with fewer choices. Google\u2019s lawyers argued these were agreements that the search engine\u2019s partners chose to enter on their own accords.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department wrote in its Tuesday night filing that one of the remedies it\u2019s evaluating is limiting or prohibiting the agreements. \u201cFully remedying these harms requires not only ending Google\u2019s control of distribution today, but also ensuring Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow,\u201d the filing states.<\/p>\n<p>During the monthslong trial last year, Google argued that its search engine is the most popular because it is the best product out there and that people prefer it. When Google\u2019s CEO Sundar Pichai testified, he said paying billions of dollars to ensure its search is the default made sense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to make it very, very seamless and easy for users to use our service,&#8221; Pichai said.<\/p>\n<p>The search engine DuckDuckGo is a much smaller rival to Google. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/spreadprivacy.com\/creating-enduring-competition-in-the-search-market\/\"><u>blog post<\/u><\/a> last month, CEO Gabriel Weinberg wrote that restricting Google\u2019s exclusive contracts would level the playing field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle likes to claim everyone chooses Google,\u201d Weinberg wrote. \u201cBut most consumers don\u2019t: They just go with the default.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its filing, the Justice Department says it is evaluating other remedies, such as controlling how much data tracking Google carries out online. The government says the tracking raises \u201cgenuine privacy concerns\u201d that could not only harm users, but \u201cdeny scale to rivals.\u201d Additionally, the Justice Department evaluated Google\u2019s advertising business and said it\u2019s considering remedies that would \u201ccreate more competition and lower the barriers to entry.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Once the Justice Department and Google issue further proposals in November and December, another trial will take place next April. Mehta will also preside over that case and will hear both sides as they argue their cases for possible remedies.<\/p>\n<p>Google just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24237832\/google-monopoly-trial-ad-tech-antitrust-us-search\"><u>wrapped up the bulk of another trial<\/u><\/a> brought by the Justice Department over its advertising business, in which the government alleged that the company illegally controls ad tools for publishers and advertisers. Closing arguments for that case are expected in November.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5146006-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1239802162\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/21\/1239802162\/apple-iphone-doj-monopoly-antitrust-lawsuit\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/21\\\/1239802162\\\/apple-iphone-doj-monopoly-antitrust-lawsuit&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/20\/gettyimages-1090897606_sq-a9695c65d1b621bc28f9d68d4d26b8e9691bf35c.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"The U.S. sues Apple, saying it abuses its power to monopolize the smartphone market\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5146006-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government has targeted several other Big Tech companies in antitrust cases. Over the past few years, it\u2019s sued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/09\/26\/1191099421\/amazon-ftc-lawsuit-antitrust-monopoly\"><u>Amazon<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/21\/1239802162\/apple-iphone-doj-monopoly-antitrust-lawsuit\"><u>Apple<\/u><\/a> and Facebook parent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/19\/1029310979\/federal-trade-commission-refiles-suit-accusing-facebook-of-illegal-monopoly\"><u>Meta<\/u><\/a>, which owns Facebook and Instagram, over business practices the government says hurts both rivals and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>In its case against Google, the government used the 1998 Microsoft suit as a blueprint. Bill Kovacic, an antitrust law professor at the George Washington University Law School and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, told NPR in August that the Justice Department\u2019s win against Google could pave the way for other lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt establishes a foundation for obtaining a notable remedy in this case involving Google,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it gives momentum to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission prosecutions of other major tech companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: Apple Card and Apple News are among NPR&#8217;s financial supporters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/09\/nx-s1-5146006\/justice-department-sanctions-google-search-engine-lawsuit\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department sued Google for allegedly using its dominance to control the search engine market. 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