It—s only been a few months since the US Department of Justice filed an
antitrust lawsuit against Google, but it sounds legal battles are on the
horizon. According to The Wall Street Journal, both federal and state
antitrust authorities will be filing new lawsuits against Google and
Facebook. This would mark the first time that Facebook has been sued by
the government on antitrust grounds.
Google has made plenty of statements in the past defending its practices,
essentially saying that consumers aren—t forced to use Google products
and services and that they exist as part of a competitive technology
marketplace. Broadly speaking, the case against Google is that it uses
its dominance in search and search advertising to box out potential
competitors; among its tactics is paying to have Android phone
manufacturers set Google search as default and pre-loading devices with
Google apps. The company also pays to have Google set as the default
search engine on the iPhone, as well. …
