WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google broke the law to cement its dominance over online searches and related ads, a federal judge ruled on Monday in the U.S. Justice Department’s first victory against a monopoly in more than 20 years.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling against Alphabet’s major revenue driver paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, such as requiring the company to stop paying smartphone makers billions of dollars annually to set Google as the default search engine on new phones.
The ruling is the first major decision in a series of cases taking on alleged monopolies in Big Tech.
(Reporting by Chris Sanders)
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