Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up
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Court Upholds Google's Market Power Amid Antitrust SuitJudge Mehta rejects breakup but mandates data sharing and six years of regulatory oversight.
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- The ruling spares Google from divesting Chrome or Android despite previous monopoly findings.
- Google must share user-side data with qualified rivals and cease exclusive default search deals on mobiles.
- A technical committee will oversee Google for six years to prevent anti-competitive behavior.
- The decision reflects changes in competition due to generative AI since the case began in 2020.
You don’t find someone guilty of robbing a bank and then sentence him to writing a thank you note for the loot.— Nidhi Hegde, executive director of the non-profit American Economic Liberties Project, commenting on the judge's ruling that allows Google to maintain its monopoly.
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