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Google Holds on to Chrome Browser: What to Know
Judge Amit Mehta's ruling bans Google's exclusive device deals and mandates data sharing with competitors, impacting about 90% of US search market dominance, while allowing Chrome and Android retention.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google LLC will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser after finding it violated antitrust laws last year.
- Prosecutors documented billions paid by Google LLC to device-makers such as Samsung and Apple for default search placements, capturing about 90% of the US search market.
- The judge barred exclusive distribution deals and tie-ins, prohibiting Google from requiring preloaded apps to access the Google Play Store and ordered licensing of search index and user data to qualified competitors.
- The outcome spares Google LLC divestiture but requires concessions, as investors pushed shares up almost 7% in after-hours trading, signaling market approval.
- A separate hearing later this year on online advertising will address Google LLC's antitrust issues, while an implementation committee begins a six-year term within 60 days to enforce Judge Amit Mehta's ruling.
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Google holds on to Chrome browser: What to know
(The Hill) -- Google scored a much-needed win Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the tech giant could hold on to its Chrome browser, rejecting the wide-ranging penalties proposed by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The government had asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell the browser, alongside numerous other remedies, after he found last August that the company had an illegal monopoly over online search. Mehta ultimately…
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right4Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 38% Center
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- 38% of the sources lean Left, 38% of the sources are Center
38% Center
L 38%
C 38%
R 25%
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