Professor Ioannis Kokkoris appeared on CGTN Europe to discuss the result of the antitrust case and what it could mean for consumers and the competition sector.
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A United States judge ruled that Google has broken the law to maintain a monopoly on online search and advertising by paying millions of euros to ensure that it was the default search engine on smartphones and browsers. This marks the first anti-monopoly decision against a tech company in decades.
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris, Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies and Professor of Competition Law and Economics at Queen Mary University of London appeared on CGTN Europe to discuss the ruling of his landmark case. When asked how this would affect consumers, he said: “according to the judge, Google is actually affecting the innovation of other players. So, by chastising this conduct, we should, in the future, see more players competing with Google and coming up with quality products for us, so we have more choice… but this effect on us will not be immediate.”
Watch Professor Kokkoris’ full interview with CGTN Europe.