A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. The most valuable information Google is being forced to share under Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling is users’ click-and-query data. That refers to the information Google collects from users about what they search for (the queries) and what links they select (the clicks). Don Ryan/AP/AP
Don Ryan/AP/AP
Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones — like forcing the breakup of the company.
Instead, Mehta ordered Google to
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