In the UK, a collective lawsuit against the Google CT giant was filed, the amount of demand exceeded £ 5 billion (16 April 2025, about $ 6.6 billion at the Gazeta.ru). About it reports The CNBC refers to the materials of the case received by the competition court.
The initiators of the case accuse the company almost completely dominance in the online market. It is claimed that Google has abused its position and creates obstacles in the development of competitor search engines. According to the plaintiffs, such actions not only strengthened the monopolizing effect of the company, but also allowed it to transform its own platforms into an alternative area to place their maximum benefit search advertisement.
Lawyer or Brooke, representing the interests of the plaintiffs, said that Google has generally used its position as a leader and used the search for artificial prices for advertisers.
The request expression also, to limit competition to Google, to google search and for Android devices for the Chrome browser related to the agreements made with smartphone manufacturers. In addition, it is claimed that the company has paid billions of dollars of Apple to save Google as a default search system in the safari browser.
Previously Japan accused Google is in monopolization of the search engines market in Android.
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Source: Gazeta
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