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Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, arrives at a court in Washington, DC, where a landmark case pitting the US government against Google over the dominance of the company's world-dominating search engine begins. IMAGES
The United States is suing Google for its dominance of the online advertising market, announces Attorney General Merrick Garland from the US Justice Department in Washington, DC. "We allege that Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies," he tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE
When is the DOJ’s antitrust suit against Google will go to trial? According to CNBC and Gizmodo, it looks like the trail will be held late 2023. Google and US District Judge Amit Mehta agreed in a Friday status hearing that the trial was on track to get rolling in “late 2023.” Mehta marked down September 12, 2023 as the tentative start date. Why so much time? The two sides need to iron out that wrinkle before the trial.
The EU says it has slapped a record 4.34-billion-euro ($5.04 billion) antitrust fine on Google for illegally using its Android operating system to strengthen the dominance of its search engine. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission says Alphabet's Google is abusing its dominant position and blocking advertisements from rivals. Fred Katayama reports.
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