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Google says publishers trying to freeze innovation in US antitrust case over AI search

( November 6, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Google moved to dismiss publishers’ claims that it used its monopoly in general search services to coerce online publishers to supply content that Google republishes without permission in AI-generated answers that unfairly compete for the attention of users on the Internet. It said that in plaintiffs' preferred world, Google Search would be frozen in time, requiring users to speculatively visit websites to access their desired information, if it is found there at all. “No antitrust law supports this theory. PMC’s scattershot claims, spread across half a dozen markets and multiple industries, fail on every level.”See attached file. ...

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