"The decision, by Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, falls short of the sweeping changes proposed by the government to rein in the power of Silicon Valley. Mehta said in the 223-page ruling that Google must share some of its search data with "qualified competitors" to resolve its monopoly. The Justice Department had asked the judge to force the company to share even more of its data, arguing it was key to Google's dominance."
"Metha's decision also put restrictions on payments that Google uses to ensure its search engine gets prime placement in web browsers and on smartphones. But he stopped short of banning those payments entirely and did not grant the government's request that Google be forced to sell Chrome, which the government said was necessary to remedy the company's power as a search monopoly."
Judge Amit P. Mehta ordered Google to share some search results and certain search data with "qualified competitors" to address monopoly concerns. The ruling restricts some payments that secure prime placement for Google Search in browsers and on smartphones but stops short of banning those payments entirely. The judge declined to require Google to sell its Chrome web browser, rejecting the government's broader remedy request. The decision spans 223 pages and marks a major modern-era antitrust remedy. Google plans to appeal, and the case is likely to remain in courts for years amid evolving AI threats to search.
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