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What to know about Google's antitrust win

Google scored a much-needed win Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the tech giant could hold onto its Chrome browser, rejecting the wide-ranging penalties proposed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The government had asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell the browser, alongside numerous other remedies, after Mehta found last August that the company had an illegal monopoly over online search.

Mehta ultimately opted against a breakup, calling it a “poor fit for this case” and suggesting the DOJ had “overreached” in his lengthy 230-page opinion.

But he still imposed some restraints on Google, barring the company from entering into exclusive agreements prioritizing its products and requiring it to share some d

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