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Google Antitrust Case Regarding Searches (October 2020)

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  Abstract Google is an American multinational technology company that specializes in internet services and products which include online advertising technologies. Google is one of the wealthiest companies in the world and has been for a long period of time.  Figure 1. Antitrust Case vs Google. Google is being investigated for an issue that involved searches which is harming the consumers and the different competitors to this company. This is one of the biggest antitrust lawsuits since the Microsoft one dating back to 1998. The problem that the Justice Department has with Google is that they feel that Google is trying to protect how dominant they are in the market by making deals with different companies like Apple. (New York Times: Google pays Apply billions of dollars a year to have its search engine set as the default option on iPhones and other devices).       The Justice department is also looking at the contracts that Google has with these different companies when they make t