TNPSC Thervupettagam

US Antitrust Ruling Against Google

August 21 , 2024 18 hrs 0 min 17 0
  • Google’s payments to make its search engine the default option on smartphone web browsers violate the US antitrust law.
  • Google pays for this privilege and has shelled out more than $26 billion for it in 2021.
  • The court ruled that Google had monopoly power in the markets for general search services and general search text ads.
  • It has also slammed Google for failing to preserve employees’ chat messages that could have served as trial evidence.
  • In India too, Google has faced allegations of anti-competitive practices.

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