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DOJ proposes breakup and other big changes to end Google search monopoly


Google called the DOJ extending search remedies to AI “radical,” an “overreach.”…

On top of predictable asks —like potentially requiring Google to share search data with rivals, restricting distribution agreements with browsers like Firefox and device makers like Apple, and breaking off Chrome or Android—the DOJ proposed remedies to keep Google from blocking competition in "the evolving search industry." In a blog from Google's vice president of regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, the company accused the DOJ of "overreach," suggesting that proposed remedies are "radical" and "go far beyond the specific legal issues in this case." And giving that impression could not only impact remedies ordered by the court, but also potentially weaken Google's chances of winning on appeal, Lee Hepner, an antitrust attorney monitoring the trial for the American Economic Liberties Project, told Ars.

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