WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released its remedies verdict in the DOJ’s lawsuit against Google. While, in NetChoice’s view, the Court wrongly decided against Google in this case last year, Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling today recognized that the world is entering a new era of tech innovation and expressed a need for humility in allowing free markets to work.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the tech industry globally, and President Trump has set out an ambitious agenda to usher in a new Golden Age for American innovation and ensure that U.S. companies continue to dominate international markets. Dismantling Google, as the DOJ sought, would have threatened the American tech industry at a time when our leadership is needed now more than ever. The Court took a more balanced approach.
“The court’s nuanced approach has prevented the DOJ from dismantling a leading American tech company at a pivotal time in history, ensuring President Trump’s administration stays true to its promise to empower American innovation,” said Robert Winterton, NetChoice Vice President of Public Affairs. “We’ve seen how overregulation and a lack of humility stifles innovation in Europe, home to none of the world’s leading tech companies. Judge Mehta rightly recognizes that generative AI is evidence of intense competition in America’s tech industry. In this case and many others, heavy-handed government intervention will be more likely to harm consumers than help them.”
Winterton continued: “The court blocked drastic interventions that would fragment the digital economy, such as a forced sale of Chrome by Google. Such unnecessary and heavy-handed interventions would have rippled across the markets, slowing growth and threatening jobs.”
Read the court’s ruling here.
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