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Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 13 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Today, US District Judge Amit Mehta heard opening statements in the Department of Justice's antitrust case challenging Google's search dominance.

To prove this, the DOJ plans to bring in Hal Varian, who served as Google's chief economist at that time.

William Cavanaugh, a lawyer representing the state of Colorado, also appeared to raise one unique claim still being weighed in this case regarding Google's search engine marketing (SEM) tool SA 360.

During the more than 10-year time period that the case covers, browsers, phones, and search engines all evolved rapidly.

So, on top of weighing complicated antitrust questions, Mehta might also struggle to keep track of basic facts like how search was conducted at any given point in the case's timeline.

While Cavanaugh delivered his opening statement, Mehta even appeared briefly confused by some of the references to today's tech, unable to keep straight if Mozilla was a browser or a search engine.


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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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