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Google avoids sale, but must share data with rivals

2025-09-03 07:44:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Google avoids sale, but must share data with rivals

Google will not be forced to sell its Chrome web browser, but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered.

The legal remedies imposed by District Judge Amit Mehta have come to light after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search.

The case centered around Google's position as the default search engine on a range of its own products, such as Android and Chrome, as well as others made by companies like Apple.

The US Department of Justice had demanded that Google sell Chrome - Tuesday's ruling means the tech giant can keep it, but will be banned from having exclusive contracts and must share search data with rivals.

Google had proposed less drastic solutions, such as limiting revenue-sharing agreements with firms like Apple to make its search engine the default engine on their devices and browsers.

On Tuesday, the company indicated that it saw the decision as a victory and said that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) probably contributed to the result.

The tech giant had denied any wrongdoing since the first allegations were made against it in 2020, saying its market dominance is because its search engine is a superior product to others and consumers simply prefer it over others.

Last year, Judge Mehta ruled that Google had used unfair methods to establish a monopoly over the online search market, actively working to maintain a level of dominance to the extent that it violated US law.

But in his ruling, Judge Mehta said a full sale of Chrome was not "appropriate to this case."

Google also won't have to sell its Android operating system, which powers most of the world's smartphones.

The company had argued that giving up parts of its operations, such as Android, would mean they would effectively stop functioning properly./ CNA





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