[HN Gopher] Judge clears way for DOJ's big case against Google t...
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Judge clears way for DOJ's big case against Google to go to trial
Author : pg_1234
Score : 19 points
Date : 2023-08-04 20:16 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
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| JohnMakin wrote:
| I'm not a lawyer, but to me it is obvious google engages in
| flagrant anti-trust practices with its search. If you don't
| believe me, google "migrating off of google cloud" and see what
| comes up (nearly 100% results about how to migrate TO google
| cloud). I'm sure they're doing stuff like this everywhere, who
| would stop them?
| waithuh wrote:
| In my honest opinion, not defending Google (nor do i have any
| relation to them), they are just pulling the ol' Google+
| tactic. Instead of the search engine doing search engine things
| it goes on to aggressively advertise Google products upon
| detecting some keywords. Im purely speculating and recalling
| here though, it wouldnt be a surprising move from Google if
| they did that.
| rolph wrote:
| SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge said the Department of Justice's
| landmark case alleging Google's dominance over the online search
| business is anti-competitive can go ahead, throwing out some of
| the government's claims but ruling that a trial is still
| necessary.
|
| Google had asked for the judge to make a ruling before the trial,
| which is scheduled for September. Some of the government's
| claims, including those put together by a consortium of state
| attorneys general that argued the way Google designed its search
| engine page was unfairly harming competitors like Yelp, were
| dismissed.
|
| But the allegations that Google's overall business practices
| constitute a monopoly that violates the 1890 Sherman Act still
| deserve a trial, the judge said.
|
| The trial will be a major test for Google and the massive
| business empire it has assembled over the past two decades. The
| company is still the dominant portal to the internet, exercising
| immense power over what people see online. The case is the
| culmination of one of many antitrust investigations launched
| against Google and other Big Tech companies over the last several
| years.
|
| "People have more ways than ever to access information, and they
| choose to use Google because it's helpful. We look forward to
| showing at trial that promoting and distributing our services is
| both legal and pro-competitive," said Kent Walker, Google's
| president of global affairs and chief legal officer.
|
| The DOJ didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
|
| The trial will begin in the midst of a boom in generative AI -- a
| wave of new technology that has been pushed by Google's
| competitors and has thrown the company onto its back foot. Google
| executives have already begun arguing that the rise of AI
| companies like OpenAI shows that the tech world is still
| competitive and that the company doesn't have an unfair grip on
| who wins and who loses, as some antitrust experts and the
| company's competitors have argued.
| e40 wrote:
| I see 3 *'s as the comment. What does this mean?
|
| EDIT: that was on mobile. Now, on desktop, I see the comment.
| This has happened a bunch of times in the last month or so. HN
| bug?
| rolph wrote:
| it is supposed to be :
|
| https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/04/google-.
| ..
|
| [ A federal judge said the Department of Justice's landmark
| case alleging Google's dominance over the online search
| business is anti-competitive can go ahead, throwing out some
| of the government's claims but ruling that a trial is still
| necessary.
|
| [ Google had asked for the judge to make a ruling before the
| trial, which is scheduled for September. Some of the
| government's claims, including those put together by a
| consortium of state attorneys general that argued the way
| Google designed its search engine page was unfairly harming
| competitors like Yelp, were dismissed.
|
| [ But the allegations that Google's overall business
| practices constitute a monopoly that violates the 1890
| Sherman Act still deserve a trial, the judge said.
|
| The trial will be a major test for Google and the massive
| business empire it has assembled over the past two decades.
| The company is still the dominant portal to the internet,
| exercising immense power over what people see online. The
| case is the culmination of one of many antitrust
| investigations launched against Google and other Big Tech
| companies over the last several years.
|
| "People have more ways than ever to access information, and
| they choose to use Google because it's helpful. We look
| forward to showing at trial that promoting and distributing
| our services is both legal and pro-competitive," said Kent
| Walker, Google's president of global affairs and chief legal
| officer.
|
| The DOJ didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
|
| The trial will begin in the midst of a boom in generative AI
| -- a wave of new technology that has been pushed by Google's
| competitors and has thrown the company onto its back foot.
| Google executives have already begun arguing that the rise of
| AI companies like OpenAI shows that the tech world is still
| competitive and that the company doesn't have an unfair grip
| on who wins and who loses, as some antitrust experts and the
| company's competitors have argued.
|
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|
| the archive link : https://archive.ph/bPHRk
|
| seems to be not needed from where im looking, and just throws
| up captchas, so ascii wall for everyone to be able to read
| it.
| pg_1234 wrote:
| https://archive.ph/bPHRk
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