“Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades”
September 11, 2023
“The trial in a landmark antitrust case against Google is scheduled to start on Tuesday in Washington district court over charges of monopolizing the online search space…
The justice department has accused Google of using its market power to unfairly lock out rivals and position itself as a gatekeeper of the web. The case marks the first brought by the government against Google to go to trial. The justice department has also joined a separate case against Google brought by the attorneys general of 38 states and territories over monopoly concerns in advertising…”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/11/landmark-google-antitrust-trial-doj
Test searching for something on Google then try it on Duck duck go — Especially if it has a certain political leaning the results will be much different. In fact on google certain articles will be much harder to find. It’s obvious articles are being shadow banned or flat out removed from the top search and buried lower in the algorithm.