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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul in Washington

Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades

The case is the first brought by the government against the big tech company to go to trial and ‘will be hugely consequential for our digital world’.
The case is the first brought by the government against the big tech company to go to trial and ‘will be hugely consequential for our digital world’. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

The trial in a landmark antitrust case against Google is scheduled to start on Tuesday in Washington district court over charges of monopolizing the online search space.

The suit, filed by the US justice department in 2020, represents the biggest legal challenge to the power and influence of big tech in decades, and could be a bellwether in the fight against the industry’s monopolies.

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