Fresh Squeeze | Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

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After three years, a Washington, DC, judge has heard the Department of Justice’s potentially landmark antitrust case against Google. The department alleges Google struck anticompetitive deals with Apple and other companies for prime placement of its search engine, while Google contends its dominant market share is the result of a superior product. It’s the biggest tech antitrust trial since the US took on Microsoft in the 1990s: 10 weeks that could tip the balance of power online. Complexion and Mpho Mashita get an update on this trial and what it means from Social Media Legal Expert, Lerato Ntwampe

8 Aug English South Africa Business · Arts

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