Australia Watching Fallout of Google Antitrust Case: Expert

A U.S. federal judge has ruled Google violated antitrust laws and held a monopoly over online search services. But how does that translate in Australia, and what does it mean for the authorities who have been trying to haul in the internet giant for years? University of Sydney Senior Research Associate Rob Nicholls said Australia’s consumer law was not concerned with monopolies, but there are laws that dictate that market power should not be misused. “Monopolies in Australia are only bad if they abuse their market power,” Nicholls told The Epoch Times. The U.S. case against Google is the first non-European antitrust case against the company—the European Union has a long history of accusing Google of abusing its powers....