Mozilla says US court got it right against Google in search antitrust case
( August 5, 2026, 03:46 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Mozilla filed a brief in support of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirming a lower court’s decision to reject a distribution payment ban against Google in a monopolization case brought by the Department of Justice and a group of states. Mozilla said that the district court’s remedies package “effectively redressed the competitive effects of Google’s conduct and positioned rivals to compete with Google on the merits” without harming the general search engine market by eliminating multiple distributors and reducing the options on browser privacy and security.See attached file....
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