A US court has decided that Google broke the law to become the biggest search engine. Google handles 8.5 billion searches every day worldwide. The US government was worried about this because Google controls about 90% of online searches. They took Google to court, saying the company paid $41 billion to be the default search engine on many phones and web browsers. This made it hard for other search engines like Bing and Yahoo to compete. The judge agreed that Google broke the rules to stay on top. Google says it will fight this decision and claims people use it because it's better than other search engines. But some people think all companies should have a fair chance to compete.
Vocabulary:
• Ruled (verb): decided officially
• Empire (noun): a very large and powerful group of companies
• Dominance (noun): power and influence over others
• Concerned (adjective): worried
• Crush (verb): to defeat completely
• Monopoly (noun): complete control of a type of business
• Antitrust (adjective): against unfair business practices
• Appeal (verb): to ask a higher court to change a decision
Source: Behind The News