On Tuesday, the Justice Department sued Google, accusing it of illegally maintaining its monopoly power in search and search advertising — the first such government action against a tech company in two decades. Two weeks ago, the House Judiciary Committee recommended taking action to break up the big tech platforms, including Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google. The U.S. investigations began last year when the Justice Department started examining Google and other tech companies. The company reached a privacy settlement in 2011 with the agency. As a result, Facebook last year agreed to a record $5 billion settlement with the F.T.C.

Source: New York Times October 22, 2020 23:13 UTC