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Oct 2020
16m 57s

OK Google, What's A Monopoly

Crooked Media
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The Justice Department filed a major lawsuit against Google saying that the company is illegally trying to maintain its search dominance using anti-competitive practices. We look at what's the behind the case and what it could mean for Google.

Trial volunteers in London will be deliberately infected with COVID-19 to aid in vaccine research starting in January, if a plan by researchers gets approval from regulators. In the US, the governors of California and New York are pledging review any FDA-approved vaccine before disseminating it to the public in their states.

And in headlines: a grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case speaks out, Ireland reimposes shutdown, and Phil Collins’ house is occupied by his ex-wife and armed guards.

Show Links:

"Why the US government is suing Google"

https://www.vox.com/recode/21524710/google-antitrust-lawsuit-doj-search-trump-bill-barr

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