Google Defeats News Publishers' Antitrust Suit Over AI Tools

By Dorothy Atkins ( March 23, 2026, 6:20 PM EDT) -- A D.C. federal judge tossed Friday an antitrust suit by digital newspaper owners accusing Google of effectively operating as a monopoly through its generative artificial intelligence search features and other practices, finding that the publishers lack standing and haven't plausibly alleged Google has monopoly power in the online news market....

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