Google asks US judge to defer order forcing it to share data while it appeals

Alphabet’s Google asked a ​judge on Friday to postpone making ‌the company share ​data with rivals while it challenges a ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search, according to court papers.

U.S. ​District Judge Amit Mehta ⁠in Washington ruled in 2024 that the company used unlawful tactics to ​maintain its dominance ⁠in online search. Google will urge a federal appeals court to reverse that ruling, ‌it said in ‌court papers on Friday.

And Mehta went too ‍far in trying to level the playing field by ordering ‍the company to share its data with competitors including generative artificial intelligence companies such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Google said.

If Google complies, it risks exposing trade secrets ⁠with no way to recover them if it ​wins on appeal, the company ⁠said, asking Mehta to pause that part of his ruling.