Google You have to face more and more legal problems. Only a few days ago he has lost a judgment for his online advertising technology, and he already has to face another related to his search engine, in which The legal measures to be taken are going to be valued After Google lost last August another Monopoly judgment in the Internet searches sector.
The verdict of this trial, which closes a historical case initiated with a demand filed in 2020, established that Google has illegally exercised a monopoly in two sectors: searches and text advertising. His text claimed that Google has maintained its share of the general search market creating strong obstacles for others to enter into it, as well as a feedback loop that maintained its domain in the sector with respect to its competition.
The court in charge of the case then established that Google had violated the second section of Sherman’s law, which prohibits monopolies. The verdict is the first antimonopoly decision taken against a technological company in several decades, and establishes that Google is a monopoly. This was stated by Judge Amit Mehta, of the United States District Court for the Columbia district.
The origins of the demand for monopoly in the searches against Google
The initial demand that led to this verdict, as we have mentioned, was filed in 2020. Subsequently similar ones were presented, presented by a group of general prosecutors, both Republicans and Democrats, of 38 states and territories, led by Colorado and Nebraska. After They combined in one to facilitate various procedures prior to trialas the discovery of evidence.
Finally, the court was based on exclusive search agreements with Android and Apple for their iPhones and iPads for their verdict, noting that they had helped to cement Google’s anti -competitive behavior, and their domain in search markets.
Its members recalled that the general search services apply to the main search engine of Google, and that searches text advertising refers to the text ads shown throughout the search results.
The verdict establishes that in both cases, Google has worked as a monopoly, although it also points out that advertising in searches is not considered a market, so there can be no monopolistic control. Even so, The Department of Justice has asked Google to sell its chrome browser and open your search data to your rivals.
Google, disagree with the verdict
Naturally, the company does not agree, and in addition to try to avoid this measure through several concessions In recent months, he has stated in a post in his blog that the company’s division is not exactly the best for the country, in a framework in which the competition for supremacy in the AI field is intensifying rapidly.
For the company, the proposal of the Department of Justice would stop its development of the AI, and they would have to have «A regulatory committee appointed by the Government that was responsible for regulating the design and development of the products«.
Lee-Anne Mulholland, Vice President of Google Regulatory Themesstressed that this «would delay the innovation of the United States to a critical point«, Remembering that the company is«In a global fierce competition with China for the leadership of the next generation of technology, and Google is at the forefront of US companies making scientific and technological advances«.
These types of legal decisions are precisely those that the American technology industry wanted to avoid supporting Trump. Several of the CEOs of the main ones, including Google’s, not only attended their inauguration of the presidency, but did donations to their inaugural fund. Everything to, to a large extent, try to win the favor of the administration with a view to their legal problems.
It does not seem that the play has worked out well, because in addition to the legal problems of Google, a goal is currently immersed in a trial after a demand from the Federal Commerce Commission, which alleges that the company monopolizes the market of social networks, and that it should not have achieved authorization to Buy Instagram and WhatsApp.
Amazon will also face a FTC demand for maintaining an illegal monopoly. In addition, the FTC has sued Uber accusing the deceptive cancellation and billing practices company, related to its subscription service.
The trial of measures against Google began on Monday, and will last three weeks. If everything goes as planned, it will be seen for sentence on May 9, and Judge Amit Mehta will issue his verdict in August. Google has already confirmed that whatever the judge’s decision will appeal. Meanwhile, There are already those who run to buy Chrome if Google finally has to sell it: OpenAI.
