One of the last, best hopes for saving the open web and a free press is dead
5 days ago
- #Google monopoly
- #open web
- #AI impact
- Judge Amit Mehta's ruling on Google's monopoly is criticized as a disaster for the open web and free press.
- Google controls 90% of the search engine market through payola deals with Apple and Samsung, spending billions to maintain dominance.
- The DOJ's proposals to break Google's monopoly were rejected; instead, Google must share limited search data and make contracts non-exclusive.
- Google's AI Overview is harming publishers and journalists by reducing click-through traffic by up to 80%, threatening their livelihoods.
- The ruling fails to address the root issues of Google's monopoly, leaving the digital information ecosystem vulnerable to misinformation and AI slop.