【AI前沿】Google appeals search monopoly ruling, says it won business ‘fair and square’

PolicyTechAntitrustGoogle appeals search monopoly ruling, says it won business ‘fair and square’It wants to throw out the original decision, as well as an order to share data with rivals.It wants to throw out the original decision, as well as an order to share data with rivals.byLauren FeinerMay 22, 2026, 4:28 PM UTCLinkShareGiftImage: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesPart OfUS v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdownsee all updatesLauren Feineris a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform.Google officially filed its appeal of the federal rulingdeeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing the decision “crashed” through legal guardrails. “Google just prevailed in the marketplace fair and square,” it writes in its legal filing.Google had alreadysaid it would appeal the ruling, which includes both the August 2024 decision about its illegal monopolization andthe September 2025remedies decision that ordered it to share some search data with competitors. The appeal brief filed Friday gives more insight into how the company plans to fight Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling.“We are asking the court to overturn this flawed decision – partners and users have many options and choose Google because it provides the best, most helpful results,” Google VP of regulatory affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland said in a statement.“Google just prevailed in the marketplace fair and square”Google argues that Mehta erred in finding that its search distribution agreements with browser and device makers were anticompetitive. Instead, it argues, other market players simply preferred its services over rivals’. Mehta also “egregiously exceeded” his judicial discretion in the remedies he ordered, according to Google, which included the “extraordinary step of ordering Google to boost its competitors through data-transfer and syndication.” The company also takes issue with how the remedies require data sharing with generative AI players that it says “could not have been affected by Google’s conduct because theydid not even existduring the relevant period, and that are already succeeding as wildly as any technology in human history without any need to free-ride on Google’s success.”The US and a coalition of states that sued alongside it arealso appealing the same decision, arguing that Mehta should have gone further in hisremedies decision. Mehta declined to grant the government its biggest asks, including a sale of Google’s Chrome browser, which it argues is a key distribution platform for search offerings. The government argued that a broad sweep of changes was necessary to resolve Google’s harms to competition.About five years since the initial case was filed, it’s now up to a federal appeals court in DC to determine what should happen next. From there, the case could eventually go all the way up to the Supreme Court.Follow topics and authorsfrom this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Lauren FeinerAntitrustGooglePolicyTechMore in:US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdownDepartment of Justice appeals Google search monopoly rulingStevie BonifieldFeb 3Google is appealing a judge’s search monopoly rulingLauren FeinerJan 16Google fights to prevent search remedies from inhibiting its AI ambitionsLauren FeinerOct 9, 2025Most PopularMost PopularIf I could only have one laptop for work and gaming, I’d get this oneGitHub faces a fight for its survival at MicrosoftAnker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heardMicrosoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printingThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to ourTermsandPrivacy Notice.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the GooglePrivacy PolicyandTerms of Serviceapply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad