The U.S. Justice Department is pressing ahead with its antitrust case against Google. On Wednesday, that included questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s.
in its favor by locking in its search engine as the one users see first on their devices, shutting out competition and smothering innovation.
And Barton testified that Google wasn’t the only search engine seeking default status with phone companies. “I faced a challenge because mobile carriers became fixed on revenue share percentage,’' Barton said Wednesday. To counter the competition, he tried to persuade potential partners that Google’s high-quality searches would generate more clicks — and therefore more advertising revenue — even if the carriers were paid a nominally lower percentage.
against the company nearly three years ago during the Trump administration, alleging Google has used its internet search dominance to gain an unfair advantage against competitors.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta likely won’t issue a ruling until early next year. If he decides Google broke the law, another trial will decide what steps should be taken to rein in the Mountain View, California-based company.
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