Internet users are real victims in Google’s search services monopoly

With a US federal judge ruling that Google has crossed the line, the future of internet search is now an open question

A lawsuit has been launched by the US Department of Justice to challenge Google’s monopoly in general search services on the internet. Picture: Peter Morgan/AP

When confronting the choice between truth and power, Shakespeare’s Hamlet poses his famous existential question: “To be or not to be?”

The search for an answer will confront heroes and villains alike with the prospect of death or despair.