Data Sharing Orders Raise Stakes for AI and Search Rivals
Beyond overturning the liability finding, Google is also seeking to pause the enforcement of court-ordered remedies while its appeal is pending. Those remedies, issued in September, stopped short of dismantling the company but imposed measures that regulators argue are designed to restore competition.
Judge Mehta rejected government calls to break up Google or force the divestiture of Chrome, the world’s most widely used web browser. Instead, he ordered narrower but potentially far-reaching remedies, including requirements that Google share portions of its search data with court-approved competitors.
That data includes elements of Google’s search index, the massive catalogue of web content that powers how search results are ranked and delivered. The court also ordered Google to allow certain rivals to display Google search results under limited conditions, giving them time to develop competing products.
Google has warned that these measures threaten both user privacy and the company’s ability to innovate.
“These mandates would risk Americans’ privacy and discourage competitors from building their own products — ultimately stifling the innovation that keeps the U.S. at the forefront of global technology,” Mulholland wrote.
