WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US judge on Monday handed Google a major legal blow, ruling in a landmark antitrust case that it has maintained a monopoly with its dominant search engine.
The court decision against a 'big tech' giant could alter how the sector operates in future.District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Google had a monopoly for search and for text ads through exclusive distribution agreements that made it the 'default' option that people were likely to use on devices. BIG BLOW Various Google logos are displayed on a Google search on Sept. 11, 2023. A US District Court judge ruled on Aug.
''Google's loss in its search antitrust trial could be a huge deal depending on the remedy,' said Emarketer senior analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.'A forced divestiture of the search business would sever Alphabet from its largest source of revenue,' she added, referring to Google's parent company.Even losing the option of making exclusive deals to be the default option on browsers, smartphones or computers would hurt Google, according to the analyst.
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