Google will appeal ruling in antitrust case
Posting on X from its @NewsFromGoogle account, the search giant revealed its plans to appeal the court ruling in the ongoing antitrust case filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
Google said it would "wait for the Court's opinion" but strongly believes its original decision was wrong, arguing the proposed remedies "go miles beyond the Court's decision & would harm consumers, businesses and America's tech leadership."
The search giant, which has been under investigation for its Search engine practices since 2020, said the DOJ "waved off very real privacy issues" and it rejected the DOJ's proposal "to give [rivals] more data." The company also took issue with the DOJ's proposal of a "Technical Committee" of government-appointed experts who will weigh in on how much data Google should share.
Google said this sets a dangerous precedent where the government decides "who gets Google users' data."
The DOJ attempted to persuade the Court to "remake the tech sector." But the company countered that "the AI space is highly competitive today: Countless rivals in the AI space are growing fast & gaining users & distribution without government intervention."
It said the DOJ's proposals "would help various well-funded competitors (w/ repeated references to Bing), but none of them do much to help consumers.
In August last year, a federal judge ruled that Google was indeed a monopoly and used its power to maintain that position.
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