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Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues

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Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.

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  1. Google's search dominance faces major challenge in legal showdown with U.S. regulators

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    Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues

    Headline from WTOP Washington DC ·

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  1. Digital Journal

    US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    The trial is the biggest US antitrust case against a big tech company since the same department took on Microsoft more than two decades ago.

  2. Portland Press Herald

    In first tech antitrust trial in decades, DOJ takes on Google (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Technologists say the arrival of advanced generative AI signals an inflection point: a chance for new players to rise to the top, or for the established victors to extend their lead.

  3. CNN

    Google's antitrust showdown: What's at stake for the internet search titan (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Google will face off in court Tuesday against government officials who accuse the company of antitrust violations in its massive search business, kicking off a long-anticipated showdown that could reshape one of the internet’s most dominant platforms.

  4. The Guardian

    Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    US justice department accuses Google of locking out rivals and positioning itself as a gatekeeper to the online search space

  5. MyNorthwest

    Google's dominance of internet search faces major challenge in legal showdown with U.S. regulators (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main gateway.

  6. Quartz

    What Google has to prove in the first major antitrust case in decades (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    Decades after IBM and Microsoft, Google becomes the rare tech giant to be prosecuted in wide and sweeping antitrust action

  7. PBS NewsHour

    U.S. regulators to challenge Google's search engine dominance in federal trial (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The 10-week trial comes years after the Justice Department alleged Google abused the power of its search engine in ways that stifle competition. The government says Google's practices increasingly force consumers to settle for inferior search results.

  8. CBS News

    Google's search dominance faces major challenge in legal showdown with U.S. regulators (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google's ubiquitous search engine.

  9. Bangor Daily News

    Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main

  10. Fortune

    Trial over Google's search dominance is the federal government's biggest antitrust case since going after Microsoft 25 years ago (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The Google case mirrors the one brought against Microsoft, including the threat it poses to a renowned tech giant whose products are relied on by billions.

  11. The New Yorker

    The Real Stakes of the Google Antitrust Trial (opens The New Yorker)

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    The New Yorker's feed description

    The case, centering on Google’s dominance in the search-engine industry, will have implications that ripple throughout the tech world, and beyond.

  12. WTOP Washington DC

    Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.

  13. Hickory Daily Record

    It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades. Here's what is at stake. (opens Hickory Daily Record)

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    Hickory Daily Record's feed description

    Google's search dominance is being challenged in the biggest antitrust trial in 25 years.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    US and Google face off in landmark antitrust trial – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A blockbuster antitrust case against Google begins in Washington as the US accuses the tech giant of abusing its dominance in internet search. The company is at risk of being broken up.

  15. ABC 13 Houston

    It's Google versus US in biggest antitrust trial in decades (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire.

  16. KTVB Boise

    Google's search dominance challenged in the biggest antitrust trial in decades (opens KTVB Boise)

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    KTVB Boise's feed description

    Google commands a massive 90% of the search market, but says it faces plenty of competition. Regulators say it's got a monopoly and pays billions to keep it.

  17. Daily Journal

    It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.

  18. Axios

    Google, DOJ kick off biggest tech antitrust trial in decades (opens Axios)

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    Axios's feed description

    Both sides started what's likely to be a lengthy trial about the search market with fiery opening statements.

  19. WHDH Boston

    It’s Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet

  20. Forbes

    Google Has Maintained Illegal Monopoly For More Than A Decade, DOJ Claims (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    In opening statements of the landmark antitrust trial, the U.S. government claimed Google used its dominance to push out rivals, while Google argued its search engine is just the superior product.

  21. Anchorage Daily News

    It’s Google versus the U.S. in the biggest antitrust trial in decades (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    In opening statements Tuesday, federal prosecutors claimed Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance.

  22. New York Times

    ‘A Monopolist Flexing’: U.S. Blasts Google’s Tactics as Antitrust Trial Opens (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    In opening statements for the government’s first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.

  23. New York Times

    Google Antitrust Trial: Case Against Search Giant Will Test Authority Over Tech Monopolies (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The Justice Department says Google has illegally protected its internet search monopoly. The trial, which starts Tuesday, is the biggest challenge to big tech in the modern internet era.

  24. Politico

    Google’s antitrust trial for the ‘future of the internet’ starts up (opens Politico)

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    Politico's feed description

    The DOJ’s lawsuit against Google claims the company has become the most-used search engine not because of a superior product, but because it illegally uses its money to box out its competitors.

  25. NBC Los Angeles

    US takes on Google in biggest antitrust trial in decades (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.

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