( August 5, 2026, 03:49 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: DuckDuckGo told a US appeals court that the impact of Google’s exclusive contracts with search distributors is so pervasive that rivals cannot effectively serve as a competitive check on Google or achieve the scale necessary to do so even when, as it has done, they clearly differentiate themselves to meet a demand. The company filed a brief in an appeal regarding an antitrust remedy against Google in a case over search. DuckDuckGo argued that consumers, many of whom use Google without even realizing it, “have been harmed not only by the absence of a meaningful, informed privacy choice that they might prefer, but by Google’s disincentive to compete vigorously on privacy and other features.”See attached file. ...
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