Big Tech is under fire on multiple fronts. The Google hearing on Monday comes after a U.S. District Court judge in Virginia ruled against the company in another major case, saying the company illegally maintained a monopoly in some online advertising technology. And Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in court last week defending his social media platform in a case in which the Federal Trade Commission argues the tech behemoth has abused its power and acted as a monopoly by acquiring rivals in order to defang them as competitors. Copyright 2025 NPR