What we know about the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google so far

What we know about the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google so far

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/what-we-know-about-the-dojs-antitrust-case-against-google-so-far/

The Justice Department today filed a landmark antitrust case against Google. The hotly anticipated, long-awaited lawsuit accuses Google of using its market dominance to force unfair contract terms on suppliers and competitors, to the detriment of competition and the marketplace.

The suit might just be the biggest thing in antitrust since the DOJ sued Microsoft in the 1990s... or it might not. Even though the investigation that led here has been going on for 16 months, a suit like this is the beginning, not the end, of the process. So here's everything we know—and more importantly, everything we still don't—about what this blockbuster case really means.