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Google will not have to sell its Chrome search engine but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. | Google will not have to sell its Chrome search engine but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. |
The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search. | |
The case centred around Google's position as the default search engine on a range of its own products such as Android and Chrome as well as others from companies including Apple. | |
The US Department of Justice had demanded that Google sell Chrome - Tuesday's decision means the tech giant can keep it but it will be barred from having exclusive contracts and must share search data with rivals. | |
Google had proposed less drastic solutions, such as limiting its revenue-sharing agreements with firms like Apple to make its search engine the default on their devices and browsers. | |
The tech giant had denied wrongdoing since charges were first filed against it in 2020, saying its market dominance is because its search engine is a superior product to others and consumer simply prefer it to others. | |
Last year, Judge Mehta ruled that Google had used unfair methods to establish a monopoly over the online search market, actively working to maintain a level of dominance to the extent it broke US law. | |
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