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第 26 題
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Reading 2 The Justice Department and 38 states and territories on Tuesday laid out how Google had systematically wielded its power in online search to cow competitors, as the internet giant fiercely parried back, in the opening of the most consequential trial over tech power in the modern internet era. In a packed courtroom at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, the Justice Department and states painted a picture of how Google had used its deep pockets and dominant position, paying $10 billion a year to Apple and others to be the default search provider on smartphones. Google viewed those agreements as a “powerful strategic weapon” to cut out rivals and entrench its search engine, the government said. “This feedback loop, this wheel, has been turning for more than 12 years,” said Kenneth Dintzer, the Justice Department’s lead courtroom lawyer. “And it always turns to Google’s advantage.” Google denied that it had illegally used agreements to exclude its search competitors and said it had simply provided a superior product, adding that people can easily switch which search engine they use. The company also said that internet search extends more broadly than its general search engine and pointed to the many ways that people now find information online, such as Amazon for shopping, TikTok for entertainment and Expedia for travel. “Users today have more search options and more ways to access information online than ever before,” said John E. Schmidtlein, the lawyer who opened for Google. The back-and-forth came in the federal government’s first monopoly trial since it tried to break up Microsoft more than two decades ago. This case — U.S. et al. v. Google — is set to have profound implications not only for the internet behemoth but for a generation of other large tech companies that have come to influence how people shop, communicate, entertain themselves and work. A government victory could set limits on Google and change its business practices, sending a humbling message to the other tech giants. If Google wins, it could act as a referendum on increasingly aggressive government regulators, raise questions about the efficacy of century-old antitrust laws and further embolden Silicon Valley.
Reading 2 The Justice Department and 38 states and territories on Tuesday laid out how Google had systematically wielded its power in online search to cow competitors, as the internet giant fiercely parried back, in the opening of the most consequential trial over tech power in the modern internet era. In a packed courtroom at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, the Justice Department and states painted a picture of how Google had used its deep pockets and dominant position, paying $10 billion a year to Apple and others to be the default search provider on smartphones. Google viewed those agreements as a “powerful strategic weapon” to cut out rivals and entrench its search engine, the government said. “This feedback loop, this wheel, has been turning for more than 12 years,” said Kenneth Dintzer, the Justice Department’s lead courtroom lawyer. “And it always turns to Google’s advantage.” Google denied that it had illegally used agreements to exclude its search competitors and said it had simply provided a superior product, adding that people can easily switch which search engine they use. The company also said that internet search extends more broadly than its general search engine and pointed to the many ways that people now find information online, such as Amazon for shopping, TikTok for entertainment and Expedia for travel. “Users today have more search options and more ways to access information online than ever before,” said John E. Schmidtlein, the lawyer who opened for Google. The back-and-forth came in the federal government’s first monopoly trial since it tried to break up Microsoft more than two decades ago. This case — U.S. et al. v. Google — is set to have profound implications not only for the internet behemoth but for a generation of other large tech companies that have come to influence how people shop, communicate, entertain themselves and work. A government victory could set limits on Google and change its business practices, sending a humbling message to the other tech giants. If Google wins, it could act as a referendum on increasingly aggressive government regulators, raise questions about the efficacy of century-old antitrust laws and further embolden Silicon Valley.
Which of the following is correct based on the information given in the passage?
- A The Justice Department criticized Google’s lack of marketing strategy.
- B The Justice Department accused Google of monopolizing the market.
- C Google wanted to withdraw from the global market.
- D Consumers have been unsatisfied with Google’s lackluster market performance.
- E Voters overwhelmingly demanded a stronger governmental protection of Google’s foreign interests.
思路引導 VIP
請試著觀察文章的第一段與第六段，除了提到 Google 支付巨額費用給合作夥伴外，政府這場官司最主要的「性質」是什麼？文章中用了哪一個專有名詞來形容這場針對 Google 市場地位的「審判類型」？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你準確掌握了這篇法律與科技新聞的核心概念！你能從眾多資訊中快速鎖定「政府對科技巨頭的訴訟要點」，展現出非常出色的閱讀理解力。
反壟斷法的核心爭議
這題的正確答案選 (B)，主要考驗的是對文章關鍵字與訴求的掌握。文中第一段開宗明義提到這是一場關於「科技權力（tech power）」的指標性審判，第六段更直接點出這是政府自微軟案以來的第一場 「壟斷審判（monopoly trial）」。美國司法部（Justice Department）控訴 Google 每年支付高達百億美元，以確保其在智慧型手機上的預設搜尋引擎地位（default search provider），進而排除競爭對手、鞏固壟斷勢力，這正是 (B) 選項所描述的「指控其壟斷市場」。
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