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20 October 2020The United States has officially launched an antitrust action against Google, accused of abuse of dominant position.
The move by the Justice Department, according to the American press, is destined to open a legal war between Washington and Silicon Valley and represents the largest antitrust action in the country in recent decades.
According to documents filed by the Department of Justice, 11 American states adhere to the antitrust initiative against the most popular search engine in the world.
The action of the American authorities follows the Congressional report, which accused the Big Tech of Silicon Valley of monopoly and indicated the need to make changes to their structure, including a possible division into several companies.
Not only Google in the sights
"The emperors of the online economy".
This is how David Cicilline, chairman of the commission of inquiry, defined Big Tech, Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook,
whose CEOs were called to testify
in Congress
last July
.
"When Americans have confronted monopolists in the past, whether they have been in railways, oil or AT&T and Microsoft, we have acted to ensure that no private corporation controls our economy and our democracy," he added.
The Democrat, who heads the commission that conducted a survey of Big Tech for a year, said again that while these "dominant companies can still produce innovative products, their dominance is killing small businesses, manufacturing capacity and dynamism. which are the engines of the American economy ".