US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdown
Tech /GoogleUpdated Today, Sep 2, 2025, 8:57 PM UTCUS v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdownby Verge StaffLinkFacebookThreadsRSSComments2CommentsOn August 5th, 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in the case of United States of America v. Google, saying, “…the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”Nearly a year later, the judge has followed that up with a ruling on remedies for Google’s search monopoly. While lawyers for the Department of Justice had argued that Google should be broken up and forced to split off products like Chrome, Search, and Android, Judge Mehta has ruled mostly in favor of Google’s proposed remedies, banning exclusive deals…
