A showdown between the DoJ and Google begins
The stakes are high for tech. They may be higher for the trustbusters
AMERICA’S trustbusters have long had their sights set on big tech. On September 12th in Washington they at last fired their opening shots in the first courtroom battle of the modern internet era. The Department of Justice (DoJ), along with 38 state attorneys-general, accuses Google of abusing its online-search monopoly to extract bigger profits, snuff out competition and slow innovation.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Search in the dock”
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