Google Antitrust Lawsuit: DOJ Claims Internet Giant Uses 'Feedback Loop' of Payoffs to Maintain Monopoly Power

The Department of Justice, along with a coalition of state attorneys general, has initiated a groundbreaking antitrust trial against tech giant Google, accusing the company of maintaining a monopoly in the search engine market through strategic barriers and “feedback loops” of paying device makers to defend its power. CNBC reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and a coalition of state attorneys general, spearheaded by Colorado, are taking on Google in what is being touted as the most significant tech antitrust trial in decades. The government’s case hinges on the...