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

The US Department of Justice finally proposed sweeping remedies to destroy Google's search monopoly late yesterday, and, predictably, Google is not loving any of it. 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." And those extra steps threaten Google's stake in the nascent AI search world. This is only the first step in the remedies stage of litigation, but Google is already showing resistance to both expected and unexpected remedies that the DOJ proposed.

 

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