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Comment: Google search antitrust ruling in US was driven by user data, but not user privacy

By Mike Swift ( August 13, 2024, 22:55 GMT | Comment) -- Google's watershed antitrust loss last week before a federal judge in Washington DC was not driven by privacy, despite allegations by the US Department of Justice and a group of states that Google's indifference to privacy concerns was evidence of monopoly. However, US District Judge Amit Mehta's laser-focus on the competitive dominance Google gained from its exclusive access to the mountain of user data obtained through its default search deals makes it likely that his remedy will force Google to at a minimum share the keys to its Fort Knox of user data.In search, data equals dominance — particularly data collected from users....

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