"US Government sues Google for anti-competitive conduct"

" \n Google has been slammed with a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice, accusing the company of using anti-competitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over search and advertising markets. \n \n\n \n In a blog responding to the move, Google SVP of Global Affairs, Kent Walker contended people use its services \u201cbecause they choose to, not because they\u2019re forced to, or because they can\u2019t find alternatives.\u201d \n \n\n \n He added the lawsuit \u201cwould artificially prop up lower-quality search alternatives, raise phone prices and make it harder for people to get the search services they want to use.\u201d \n \n\n \n Meanwhile, the US Justice Department argued that Google employed a combination of exclusivity, revenue-sharing and installation agreements to enforce use of its services on mobile devices and PCs, harming consumers and advertisers by preventing \u201csearch rivals from effective distribution, search access points and ultimately competition.\u201d \n \n\n \n It cited Google\u2019s dominance in mobile, claiming the company\u2019s practices allowed it to \u201clock up all the main pathways through which consumers access search on Android devices\u201d and secure a position as the \u201cde facto exclusive general search engine\u201d on Apple devices. \n \n\n \n Eleven US states joined the lawsuit, requesting courts implement \u201cstructural relief as needed to cure any anticompetitive harm.\u201d \n \n\n \n The justice department reportedly began probing Google\u2019s practices in 2019. \n \n\n \n Google was fined \u20ac2.4 billion fine in 2017 and \u20ac4.3 billion fine in 2018 by the European Commission for breaching competition law. \n "

"US Government sues Google for anti-competitive conduct"

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