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Title: Google plans to appeal the antitrust ruling against its search engine
dominance

Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 17:17:48 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-plan...

The complex and consequential antitrust trial against Google and its search
engine practices recently heard its closing arguments, and the tech giant is
already planning to appeal. In a post made on X, Google confirmed it would
file an appeal, explaining that the proposed solutions went too far and
"would harm consumers."

ΓÇ£We will wait for the CourtΓÇÖs opinion,ΓÇ¥ Google wrote. ΓÇ£And we still
strongly believe the CourtΓÇÖs original decision was wrong, and look forward
to our eventual appeal.ΓÇ¥

To challenge Google's dominance of the search engine market, the Department
of Justice took on the tech giant by filing a lawsuit back in 2020. The
monumental antitrust case has steadily evolved over the years, with the DOJ
proposing remedies like Google opening up its search engine tech to
licensing, prohibiting agreements with device makers like Apple and Samsung
to ensure Google was the default search engine and forcing the sale of the
Chrome browser and the open-source Chromium project.

According to Google, the Department of Justice's proposed actions would open
consumers up to "very real privacy issues," leave the government in charge of
user data and help "well-funded competitors." Instead, Google offered to
loosen its agreements to allow other search engines on devices and create an
oversight committee to monitor the company's activities.

Since then, the federal judge presiding over the case, Amit Mehta of the US
District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled in August 2024 that Google
had an illegal monopoly of the search engine market. The judge agreed with
the DOJ that Google owning the Chrome browser gives it an unfair advantage
since it could use its search engine advantage to drive more traffic and
generate more revenue for the company.

The end result of this antitrust trial could have serious implications for
the future of AI, which is closely tied to the search engine market.
According to Google, this ruling could allow other companies with AI chatbots
to step in and dominate the search engine market instead. During the trial,
Nick Turley, an OpenAI executive, testified that the company would be
interested in buying Chrome if Google was forced to sell it.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-
tech/google-plans-to-appeal-the-antitrust-ruling-against-its-search-engine-
dominance-171748836.html?src=rss

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