Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai testifies in Congress in 2018
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been on Capitol Hill defending Google to lawmakers — but Big Tech regulation is happening in the courts.
  • The US government won a major Big Tech antitrust battle this week, against Google.
  • Washington has several more legal fights brewing against other tech companies.
  • But it's notable that all the tech-reform talk you used to hear from Congress a few years ago has just gone away.

This week's ruling that Google is an illegal monopolist is a major victory for the yearslong movement to rein in the giant tech platforms.

It's also one of the only victories that movement has had.