Google has suffered a major defeat in a case filed by the US Department of Justice.
The judge ruled Google guilty of engaging in monopolistic behavior when it paid companies to have its search engine set as the default on devices and web browsers.
There’s no decision yet on what this will mean for Google’s search business.
Update, Aug 5, 2024 (11:40 PM ET): Google’s President of Global Affairs, Mr. Kent Walker, has released the following statement on this DOJ decision:
This decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available.
