The DOJ’s Google Remedy Will Kill, Not Spur, Competition

Now the Censors Are Worried: Google Search Chief Claims DOJ's Proposed Changes Could Undermine User Trust

Google's search chief, Elizabeth Reid, testified that the DOJ's proposed changes to the company's search practices could "deeply undermine user trust" and slow down innovation in the search industry. This claim comes after the company censored conservatives on its search engine throughout the Trump era — which clearly undermined user trust in the company. The post Now the Censors Are Worried: Google Search Chief Claims DOJ’s Proposed Changes Cou…

The DOJ’s Google Remedy Will Kill, Not Spur, Competition

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has won its case against Google Search. Now it’s proposing remedies that will hinder competition. But isn’t antitrust supposed to do the opposite? One remedy the DOJ is pursuing is to force Google to hand over key parts of its search infrastructure—its index of the web, troves of user search data, and its search results pages—to government-selected rivals. And not just at a negotiated fee, but at “marginal cost,” …

Google's Gemini usage data was disclosed in a court case over internet search antitrust.

Google warns the DOJ that the corrective measures will undermine the confidence of users in Internet search, the research manager testified in the context of the historical antitrust trial. A Google cadre warned that the corrective measures of the Ministry of Justice will undermine the confidence of users in Internet search. Elizabeth Reid, head of Google's search engine, warned that the publication of this data, including the way in which Googl…