Google’s search monopoly rents still flowing, US DOJ, states tell appeals court
By Chris May ( July 29, 2026, 20:50 GMT | Insight) -- Google continues to reap billions of dollars in supracompetitive profits from an unlawful, data-fueled “flywheel” that keeps spinning because a District of Columbia federal judge failed to end contracts central to the tech giant’s search monopoly, state and federal antitrust enforcers told a US appeals court late Tuesday.Google continues to reap billions of dollars in supracompetitive profits from an unlawful, data-fueled “flywheel” that keeps spinning because a District of Columbia federal judge failed to end contracts central to the tech giant’s search monopoly, state and federal antitrust enforcers told a US appeals court late Tuesday....
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