Forbes April 17, 2025
A federal judge found Google guilty of creating an ad-tech monopoly today, following the same finding in August, 2024, of its search business. Mark Zuckerberg wrapped three days of antitrust testimony over Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram (2012) and WhatsApp (2014). That seems like a long time ago, but the wheels of justice, and so forth. Big tech went all-in for Trump in the home stretch of last year’s elections, but so far all they’ve gotten for their loyalty is choice seats at the inauguration. If the government is serious, this could lead to the breakup of two of the world’s biggest companies.
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