Google Antitrust Suit May Go Forward

TechForensics writes "KinderStart, whose page hits and AdSense revenue dropped sharply after changes by Google demoted its appearance in search results, brought suit claiming the search engine effectively suppressed its first amendment rights by lowering the site's visibility. While the Court rejected that argument out-of-hand, it appeared more amenable to KinderStart's argument that since it was a search page, Google's suppression of a rival search engine is prohibited by antitrust laws. The suit may go forward with the judge's commentary."

Comments

How is there a case?

[Sonic McTails]

Pages are ranked by an automatic formula. Unless Google modified their search engine to intentionally lower KinderStart's page, then there is no case. I hope the judge throws them clear out of the courthouse.