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How the DOJ wants to break up Google’s search monopoly


The government wants to futureproof any remedies.

In these, it’s asking Judge Mehta to limit the kinds of contracts Google can negotiate, require rules for nondiscrimination and interoperability, and change the structure of its business. Google, for its part, calls the government’s proposals “radical” and believes they’re “signaling requests that go far beyond the specific legal issues in this case.” Google’s search engine comes preloaded on many phones and is the default on most major web browsers, often because of revenue sharing deals that pay for that placement.

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