Emails prove Google was serious about blocking search in Australia
Google was prepared to block its search services in Australia over laws that require it to pay media companies for the use of its content, documents filed in an antitrust case have revealed.
In Washington, DC, Google is currently facing the largest tech antitrust case since the Department of Justice brought monopoly charges against Microsoft in the 1990s.
The DOJ alleges deals struck between Google and other companies, such as Apple and Samsung, for key positioning of its search engine, were anticompetitive, and led to its current market dominance. Google counters its popularity is simply because it has the best product.
