Google has been hit with billions of dollars in antitrust penalties and multiple major rulings against its business practices. ⚖️💰 For years, regulators around the world have been asking one question: Has Google become too powerful? Google dominates areas of the digital economy including search, advertising, Android and app distribution. That dominance has made it incredibly successful — but it has also attracted intense antitrust scrutiny. In the United States, a federal court found Google unlawfully maintained a monopoly in online search. The U.S. Department of Justice later won significant remedies designed to open parts of the search market to competitors. Google is also facing a separate U.S. antitrust case involving digital advertising technology, where the government alleges that Google monopolized key parts of the ad-tech market. And Europe has been taking action too. In July 2026, the European Commission fined Google €890 million for two Digital Markets Act violations...