In the US, Google is recognized as a monopolist

A US federal court ruled that Google violated the law by monopolizing Internet search and related advertising. The American newspaper The Washington Post reported it on Monday, August 5.

Specifically, the court found that Google unlawfully abused its market power to stifle competition in Internet search.

“Google is a monopoly, and it acts like a monopoly to maintain its monopoly. Yes, Google violated antitrust laws by entering into restrictive contracts with Apple and other phone manufacturers that requiring them to install Google as the default search engine on smartphones,” it said. sentence.

Attorney General Marrick Garland said the ruling was a historic victory for the American people.

“No company – no matter how big or powerful – is above the law. The Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce our antitrust laws,” he said.

Prosecutors argued that Google blocked market competition among search engines by requiring device makers who want to use Google’s popular Android operating system to set Google search as the default. Google also pays Apple about $19 billion a year to support Google search as the default search engine on iPhones and other Apple devices.

In turn, the company has argued in court that its dominance in the search market is proof of the search engine’s advantage over rivals such as Microsoft’s Bing, rather than the result of its business deals.

This is the first victory for US antitrust authorities, who have filed several cases over the company’s dominance of the Internet search and online advertising markets.

It is not yet known exactly how the US authorities intend to punish Google for creating a monopoly.

A court has accepted a case requiring Google to pay 13.6 billion pounds ($16.9 billion) for claiming it has too much power in the online advertising market.