The US government is considering seeking the break-up of Google to end its monopoly in search after a judge ruled the company violated US antitrust law. The potential remedy, detailed by the Justice Department on Tuesday, comes after prosecutors won a landmark case in August.
Justice department could seek ‘structural remedies’ such as forced product sales after judge’s ruling of illegal monopoly in search
The DoJ could also seek to force Google to share users’ search data with rivals and restrict its ability to use search results to train new generative artificial intelligence models and products.I’m an expert in headlines that start with ‘I’m an expert’.
Google hit back at the proposed remedies, calling them “radical and sweeping”, beyond the scope of the legal issues in the case and a threat to “consumers, businesses and American competitiveness”. As part of the second phase of the Google trial, the DoJ and Google are set to file their proposed final judgments and witness lists on November 20th and December 20th, respectively.
The DoJ is also considering requiring Google to share its vast trove of data gathered to improve search ranking models, indices and advertising algorithms, which prosecutors argue was accumulated unlawfully.
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