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The defining issue of the week was antitrust enforcement. In a landmark decision in a US district court in the Google search remedies trial that will undoubtedly shape the future of the internet, a federal judge opted against forcing Google to spin off its Chrome browser but barred it from striking exclusive agreements to promote its search engine.
Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong reported on the decision, including in a piece looking at how Judge Amit Mehta’s considerations around artificial intelligence shaped the ruling, which heavily emphasized the role generative AI tools like ChatGPT could play in the future of online search and information retrieval.
There’s a lot more to consider this week, starting with two round-ups:
- Catch up on what happened in US tech policy in August with a roundup from Freedman Consulting’s Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino and Tech Policy Press managing editor Ben Lennett, including coverage of the federal push for AI in gov’t, the potential harms of AI chatbots to children, and developments in Congress.
- Check out another installment of the Global Digital Policy Roundup for August 2025 from the experts at Digital Policy Alert. Maria Buza, Aishwarya Vaithyanathan and Tommaso Giardini highlight tech policy developments in content moderation, artificial intelligence, competition, and data governance.
