The Department of Justice won its antitrust case over Google’s search practices, now what?
Tuesday, the DOJ outlined some of the remedies it could seek. These include selling off parts of the company, restricting how Google’s AI gets data for search results and/or ending the payment of billions of dollars to companies like Apple to make Google the default search engine.
Anu Adegbola details the tech giant’s response to proposals it calls “radical.” Is the DOJ going too far?
No one knows. The only comparable case was 24 years ago, when the government made Microsoft spin off its browser division, creating an opportunity for Google’s Chrome browser. That was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away when it comes to the web, commerce and technology. This case is going boldly where the law has never gone before.
Finally, by the time you open this, Hurricane Milton will have hit Florida. A week ago, we asked you to consider donating to one of the groups helping people devastated by Hurricane Helene. Here’s a list of FEMA-verified local voluntary organizations that are still doing that and now must do even more.
Constantine von Hoffman
Managing Editor
