Overview
- Google filed its appeal and asked the court to pause remedies that would require sharing search data with rivals.
- Judge Amit Mehta’s 2024 ruling found Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and related advertising.
- The finalized remedies compel disclosure of certain raw search interaction data to qualified competitors and cap default-search deals at one year, without forcing algorithm disclosures.
- Google argues the data-sharing and syndication mandates risk user privacy and says it will follow other safeguards while the appeal proceeds.
- A proposed Chrome divestiture was rejected in earlier rulings, and Alphabet shares slipped slightly following the appeal filing.