Roughly 87% of Americans use Google for online searches — not because they have to, but because they want to. The Department of Justice (DOJ)’s latest antitrust campaign risks taking away that choice in the name of “competition.”
The DOJ and eleven state attorneys general brought a significant antitrust case against Google in October 2020, focusing on the company's default search agreements. They argued that Google illegally monopolized their search engine and dwindled competition from third-party services since 2010, particularly on Android and Apple products. After several months at trial, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had unlawfully maintained market control and manipulated the landscape to empower its general search and search advertising markets. The remedies trial, which began on April 21, may consider DOJ recommendations that Google sell its famous Chrome browser and Android operating system, or share company data with rivals for the next decade.
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