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"to restrain Google LLC from unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising in the United States through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices, and to remedy the effects of this conduct."The Justice Department and the states invoked Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, accusing Google of illegally maintaining monopolies in the markets for "general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising."
"Two decades ago, Google became the darling of Silicon Valley as a scrappy startup with an innovative way to search the emerging internet. That Google is long gone. The Google of today is a monopoly gatekeeper for the internet, and one of the wealthiest companies on the planet, with a market value of $1 trillion and annual revenue exceeding $160 billion."
"Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this... That a small minority of human beings literally have no conscience was and is a bitter pill for our society to swallow โ but it does explain a great many things, shamelessly deceitful political behavior being one." โ Dr. Martha Stout, clinical psychologist and former instructor at Harvard Medical SchoolTwenty years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: "What's the difference between a politician and a psychopath?"
Comment: There's a good bet Google knew exactly what it wanted and acted in accordance to the plan. It is easy in retrospect to define in favor of an 'acceptable' admission, but it doesn't make it true.
Monopolies are red flags: See also: