標(biāo)題：A court says Google is a monopolist. Now what?

The ruling could lead to a bigtech showdown

正文：Amid the 286-page judgment, issued after nearly four years of trial proceedings and petabytes of evidence, four words stand out. “Google is a monopolist,” wrote Amit Mehta, the judge of a district court in America, adding that “it has acted as one”. His ruling, handed down on August 5th, could lead to big changes for the multi-billion-dollar search market—and for the wider tech industry.

知識(shí)點(diǎn)：proceeding n.

(against sb) (for sth)the process of using a court to settle a disagreement or to deal with a complaint訴訟；訴訟程序

bankruptcy/divorce/extradition, etc. proceedings 破產(chǎn)、離婚、引渡等訴訟

to bring legal proceedings against sb向某人提起法律訴訟

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