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  • Department of Justice Prevails in Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google

    04/17/2025 5:31:22 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 2 replies
    JUSTICE.GOV ^ | April 17, 2025 | US DOJ
    Today the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice prevailed in its second monopolization case against Google. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that Google violated antitrust law by monopolizing open-web digital advertising markets. According to the Court, Google “harmed Google’s publishing customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information on the open web.” “This is a landmark victory in the ongoing fight to stop Google from monopolizing the digital public square,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This Department of Justice will continue taking bold legal action...
  • Press Gazette (UK) launches Duopoly campaign to stop Google and Facebook destroying journalism

    05/27/2017 3:50:45 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 5 replies
    Pressgazette.co.uk ^ | 4/10/17 | Dominic Ponsford
    Imagine if two news publishers dominated digital media in the way that Facebook and Google do. The Government would not allow such a duopoly to stand. Campaigners would call for them to be broken up in the name of media plurality. Yet by 2020 Google and Facebook are expected to take 71 per cent of all the money spent in the UK on digital advertising, according to a report by analysts OC&C. The effect of this can already be seen and is devastating for both the news industry and for society in general.