Future of Google search rests with judge who will strip away monopoly power: Q&A with antitrust expert – Tech Xplore
Google’s future as provider of the world’s most dominant search engine rests in the hands of a federal court judge who last month ruled the company has a monopoly on internet search.
In a hearing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Amit Mehta will start to strip Google of its monopoly power after previously finding Google’s distribution deals with companies that make Google the default search engine on devices, including Apple, violated federal antitrust law.
Federal government lawsuits against Silicon Valley’s top three technology titans and Seattle-based Amazon, which all amassed colossal market dominance and riches with little pushback from authorities, signal a shift toward bipartisan and public mistrust of the role the companies play in society and the U.S. economy.
UC Berkeley law school adjunct professor and professional mediator Christopher Hockett, an antitrust expert who has closely followed the Google search case, answered questions in an interview…
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