Google monopoly trial: Is the US losing the fight against Big Tech? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66755272

#Antitrust #Monopoly #Google #Capitalism

A landmark US Federal #antitrust case against #Google of 'monopolizing search space' will begin Tuesday. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/11/landmark-google-antitrust-trial-doj

New Yorker: The Real Stakes of the Google Antitrust Trial https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-real-stakes-of-the-google-antitrust-trial #NewYorker #News/DailyComment #TechCompanies #Technology #Antitrust #Monopoly #Lawsuits

Brands have been cutting deals with grocery stores for decades to get prominent shelf space. This week, a court will start examining whether these slotting fees would be illegal for #tech companies as part of the DOJ’s #antitrust case against Google.

https://www.project-disco.org/competition/dojs-google-case-still-searching-for-evidence-of-consumer-harm/

In its #antitrust case against Google, @TheJusticeDept would need to demonstrate both Google’s monopoly power in the highly competitive #digital search market and anticompetitive behavior that harms consumers.

Learn more: https://www.project-disco.org/competition/dojs-google-case-still-searching-for-evidence-of-consumer-harm/

Faithful interpretation of current #antitrust law is crucial for maintaining competitive U.S. markets – especially for the $3.7 trillion #digital economy. Regulators should note the lack of evidence of exclusionary practices in @TheJusticeDept’s lawsuit against Google search.

While compiling anti-trust law notes and looking up references to @pluralistic's The Internet Con (2023), I could find the Wikipedia article “consumer welfare standard” but not “harmful dominance standard”. The closest article I could find was “rule of reason”, which I'm scribbling into the margins of my hardcover. #antitrust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_reason

Starting tomorrow, @TheJusticeDept’s Google search case will attempt to expand government control over business contracts & #antitrust law, and “could have a monumental effect on the internet and the broader modern economy”.

Learn more: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/antitrust-case-of-the-century-what-to-expect-as-justice-department-v-google-case-begins

U.S. #antitrust law has ensured robust competition in #digital marketplaces for decades, paving the way for the most innovative #tech industry in the world. CCIA trusts that a ruling in the DOJ's case against Google will ultimately uphold current law.

Tomorrow, @TheJusticeDept will begin presenting its #Antitrust case against @Google; however, the DoJ has yet to articulate a meaningful theory of how Google's practices harm #Competition https://www.project-disco.org/competition/dojs-google-case-still-searching-for-evidence-of-consumer-harm/

Tomorrow, @TheJusticeDept will begin presenting its #antitrust case against Google’s search agreements in federal district court in Virginia – the largest case of its kind this century.

See CCIA’s statement: https://ccianet.org/news/2023/09/doj-antitrust-trial-against-google-search-to-begin/

Wired: Sundar Pichai on Google’s AI, Microsoft’s AI, OpenAI, and … Did We Mention AI? https://www.wired.com/story/sundar-pichai-google-ai-microsoft-openai/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #artificialintelligence #TheBigInterview #BigInterview #Backchannel #longreads #Antitrust #Business #Alphabet #Google

Wired: Sundar Pichai on Google’s AI, Microsoft’s AI, OpenAI, and … Did We Mention AI? https://www.wired.com/story/sundar-pichai-google-ai-microsoft-openai/ #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #artificialintelligence #TheBigInterview #BigInterview #Backchannel #longreads #Antitrust #Business #Alphabet #Google

It reflects a sense of urgency among #antitrust enforcers that, w/o action, #SiliconValley giants will transplant their established #MarketDominance into the #NextGeneration of #technology, potentially stifling #innovation in futuristic fields such as #AI.

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

#DOJ #Law #legal #monopoly

For more than a decade Google’s rivals have argued the co’s sharp-elbowed tactics helped cement its #SearchEngine’s No. 1 status. The #DOJ will finally take #Google to #court over these #allegations Tues, in a landmark #trial that marks the dept’s first #antitrust case against a major #tech company in >20 years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/10/doj-google-antitrust-case-trial/

This coming week, the trial for @TheJusticeDept’s #antitrust lawsuit against Google will be significant. Though the case is weak legally, companies are watching to see whether it reverses decades of antitrust law and brings more government oversight into business offerings.

US vs Google: Big tech answers to antitrust claims in biggest monopoly lawsuit in 25 years

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/09/10/google-monopoly-lawsuit-antitrust-trial-doj-kent-walker/

#Google #antitrust

“Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky?”

I think we know the answer to that. It’s smartly sneaky. Or sneakily smart.

#Google #Search #Competition #Antitrust

https://www.wired.com/story/is-googles-search-engine-smart-or-sneaky-a-trial-court-judge-will-decide/

Wired: Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Trial Court Judge Will Decide https://www.wired.com/story/is-googles-search-engine-smart-or-sneaky-a-trial-court-judge-will-decide/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/NationalAffairs #departmentofjustice #TechPolicyandLaw #Regulation #Antitrust #TrustBust #Business #Google #Search #Bing

This kind of gaslighting, where Google pisses in all our mouths and tells us it's raining, is the hallmark of a decrepit, arrogant, crapulent monopolist that needs to be shattered in the courts. Kudos to the DoJ for doing the people's business here - and kudos to DoJ #antitrust boss #JonathanKanter for promising that he will *not* go into corporate law when he finishes his stint in government.

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