Tech policy experts call for stronger Google Search antitrust remedies in US appeal
( August 4, 2026, 19:48 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A group of bipartisan technology policy experts told a US appeals court that a lower court should have imposed stronger remedies to Google’s monopoly over general search services, saying that the judge erred in considering market shifts from generative artificial intelligence a potential fix to the market. They argued that Google’s illegal monopoly in general search allowed it to invest in and gain a foothold in AI, resulting in an already concentrated market in which “Google is vertically integrated in underappreciated ways.”See attached file. ...
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