Ryan Knappenberger reports:
Google began its defense Tuesday in the landmark antitrust trial over the tech giant’s dominance in internet search, with a long-time Google executive warning that the government’s proposed remedies would present significant security risks.
The Justice Department, which rested its case earlier on Tuesday, has suggested U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta should release reams of user search data to help rival search engines catch up to Google’s level of personalization.
Further, the government has urged Mehta to break off Google Chrome and potentially Android while barring more multibillion-dollar default search engine deals with Apple and Mozilla, among others.
Google has pushed Mehta, a Barack Obama appointee, to leave the data with the company, warning that such publication could expose users to privacy breaches and raise national security concerns due to Google’s close work with the U.S. government.
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