Google faces off with US in search monopoly case

DOJ is asking for a radical shake-up that bans Google from striking deals with tech firms that shield it from competition

- AP

Google is confronting an existential threat as the US government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into an illegal monopoly.

The drama began to unfold Monday in a Washington courtroom as three weeks of hearings kicked off to determine how the company should be penalized for operating a monopoly in search. In its opening arguments, federal antitrust enforcers also urged the court to impose forward-looking remedies to prevent Google from using artificial intelligence to further its dominance.