Google's search-related payments fund anticompetitive efforts, US DOJ, states say
( October 22, 2026, 15:46 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and plaintiff states told an appeals court that it's imperative that Google be banned from making search-related payments to distributors now before it uses its “monopoly profits” to squelch competition from emerging generative artificial intelligence products. They argued that such deals allow Google to block rivals’ ability to gain scale and improve quality, and the lower court should not have prioritized the business partners with which Google made agreements to the detriment of future competition and participants. See attached file. ...
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