The ruling that could upend Google and Big Tech
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🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In a historic decision, a federal judge has ruled that Google is a monopoly and that the tech giant has been using its market power illegally to quash competition. The ruling marks one of the biggest wins for the Department of Justice over Big Tech in at least 20 years.
Host Martine Powers speaks with tech policy reporter Eva Dou about the details of the case and how it could change Google. Also, what the decision could mean for other tech giants like Apple and Microsoft, as well as startups.
Today’s show was produced by Ali Bianco, with help from Elana Gordon. It was edited by Monica Campbell and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Trinity Webster-Bass and James Graff.
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| 0:00.0 | So Eva Doe, |
| 0:03.6 | Doe, Tech Policy reporter for the post, my colleague here. |
| 0:06.6 | I have a question. |
| 0:07.8 | Are you the kind of person who searches for stuff while you watch movies? |
| 0:12.7 | All the time, all the time, yes. |
| 0:14.7 | Right, like when you're like, oh, where have I seen this actor before? |
| 0:17.6 | What are the kinds of things that you search for? |
| 0:19.5 | Yeah, yeah, like a lot of times, you know, |
| 0:22.1 | the actor looks familiar, but I can't quite remember who it is, or I think like, what movie were they in before? |
| 0:28.0 | Yes. |
| 0:29.0 | Looking up character backstories. |
| 0:32.0 | Also, are they British? |
| 0:33.0 | I feel like I always want to know like, |
| 0:35.0 | is this Southern accent authentic |
| 0:36.0 | or is this just like a random British person |
| 0:38.0 | who's pretending to be an American? |
| 0:41.0 | Well, let me tell you, so, and this is relevant to the conversation we're about to have. |
| 0:45.8 | I was watching the movie Babes, and this is a very funny movie with Alana Glazer, |
| 0:51.7 | Michelle Bhutto, and Hasan Minhage. |
| 0:55.0 | It's a movie about having kids and getting older |
| 0:58.0 | and families and just all that stuff. |
| 1:01.0 | In the movie, Hasan Minhaj is a dad and he's like |
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