It is the second major case Google has lost in a year, after it was found to have a monopoly on online search.
  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon should all be split up. Unfortunately that’s as unlikely to happen as any other sensible policy decision from the current US administration.

    • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      They even earned themselves their own acronym. The problem is growing up Schools (at least in Canada) have pushed these corporations onto kids which makes them think these are the holy saviours of the internet further feeding their data collection and the cycle.

      • G - Google
      • A - Apple
      • F - Facebook
      • A - Amazon
      • M - Microsoft

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        “The judge seems willing to order structural changes in Google’s ad exchange practices, which may affect Google’s bottom line somewhat, but don’t seem to necessarily threaten its core value proposition as an advertising middleman,” he added.

        In an ongoing series of antitrust lawsuits, the US government argues Google and its parent company Alphabet should be broken up - which could include selling off parts of the company such as the Chrome browser.

        The US case will now move to a second “remedies” phase, which could also lead to Alphabet being broken up, said John Kwoka, a professor of economics at Northeastern University.

        Unless Trump rescues them, I guess.