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Google faces threat of being broken up after US Justice Department warns of need to end ‘illegal monopoly’ | Business News
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US officials have confirmed they are considering breaking up Google’s “illegal monopoly” of internet searches. The tech giant could face restrictions on its own products – including its Chrome browser, Play Store and Android operating system, the US Justice Department said. It comes after a judge found in August the company had broken anti-trust laws…
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Google illegally maintained online search monopoly, US court rules | Business News
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Google illegally maintained an online search monopoly, a US court has said, in one of the biggest rulings against the company’s market dominance. The tech giant has been successfully sued in federal court by the US Justice Department and states which argued it remained the most used internet search engine by paying smartphone makers billions…
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US justice department sues Apple for ‘having illegal monopoly on smartphones’ | Science & Tech News
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The US Department of Justice is suing Apple, accusing the tech giant of maintaining an illegal monopoly on smartphones. The 88-page lawsuit alleges the California-based company is making its products worse for consumers so it can block out competitors. Attorney General Merrick Garland described the firm’s behaviour as “exclusionary, anti-competitive conduct that hurts both consumers…
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‘Monopoly Market’ taken offline as international raids target dark web drugs traders | Science & Tech News
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Fifty-five people have been arrested in the UK as part of an international crackdown on illegal drugs and goods trading on the dark web. Almost 300 suspects have been detained in total, across countries including the US (153), Germany (52), the Netherlands (10), Austria (nine), France (five), Switzerland (two), Poland and Brazil (one each). They…