A U.S. District Judge has ruled that Google's search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to stifle competition and innovation. The ruling comes after a year-long trial between the U.S. Justice Department and Google, with Judge Amit Mehta concluding that Google is a monopolist maintaining its monopoly in the search market.
The ruling highlighted Google's 89.2% share of the general search services market, which increases to 94.9% on mobile devices. Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., intends to appeal the decision, emphasizing that Google offers the best search engine.
