谷歌AI搜索功能反垄断诉讼被驳回
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
美国联邦法官驳回了对谷歌AI搜索功能的反垄断诉讼，指控谷歌利用其垄断地位强迫出版商免费提供内容，否则其网站将消失在搜索结果中。法官认为原告仅提出了对谷歌发送搜索流量的“期望”，但这并不构成协议。同时，谷歌正在通过一项试点项目支付约100家出版商，以换取他们对AI Overviews、AI Mode和Gemini的贡献。
Rolling Stone’s parent company and Chegg claimed Google’s AI search features drove away traffic from their sites.
Rolling Stone’s parent company and Chegg claimed Google’s AI search features drove away traffic from their sites.
by Emma Roth
Oct 1, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC
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A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters. US District Judge Amit Mehta takes Google’s side in a ruling on Wednesday, writing that PMC and Chegg’s claims don’t stand up to antitrust law.
In lawsuits filed last year, Chegg and PMC accused Google of abusing its monopoly power by coercing publishers into supplying content for AI Overviews for free, or risk disappearing from search results. The publishers alleged Google’s practices diverted traffic away from their sites, hurting their revenue.
Judge Mehta, who made a landmark antitrust ruling against Google in 2024, disagrees with Chegg and PMC’s claims. “Plaintiffs have pleaded only that they have an ‘expectation’ that Google will send them search traffic if they make their content available for free,” Mehta writes. “But an expectation is not an agreement. It is simply how a general search engine works.”
Mehta adds that the court is not “unsympathetic to the situation publishers now find themselves in,” but writes that antitrust rules can’t replace a legislative body’s decision to address the economic impact of “new innovation.”
Meanwhile, publishers continue to see effects of Google’s AI-powered search overhaul, with traffic to news outlets and small websites taking a steep dive. This week, The Information reported that Google is paying around 100 publishers for their contributions to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini as part of a pilot program.
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