In a striking irony, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case against Google, which was decided last summer, may reduce competition—both in search and in access to the World Wide Web. The ...

To that end, the department said it is considering asking for structural changes to stop Google from leveraging products such as its Chrome browser, Android operating system, AI products or app ...

Losing Chrome’s data would almost certainly guarantee a drastically different Google search engine. Google filed its response to the DOJ, arguing that the proposed remedies are much wider ...

this could impact Google’s current rankings and algorithms depending on how much data it takes from Chrome and how this is weighted. The DOJ suggests letting publishers opt out of Google’s ...

arguing users prefer its search engine and Chrome over competitors. EU penalties for Google hit €8.25B over 10 years; DOJ urges Google to divest Chrome to restore market competition. NOW OPEN ...