---
title: "Google broke the law. It's paid no price. Congress can change that."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-broke-the-law-it-s-paid-no-price-congress-can-change-that--ozmtz6x5s
source_url: https://spreadprivacy.com/searchact
type: article
source: "Spread Privacy"
published: 2026-07-17T22:56:04.621Z
updated: 2026-07-17T22:59:36.078Z
tags: ["tech-news", "google", "privacy"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 5
comments: 3
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google broke the law. It's paid no price. Congress can change that.

**[Spread Privacy](https://daily.dev/sources/spreadprivacy)** · 3 min read · 5 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

Nearly two years after a federal court ruled Google an illegal monopolist in search, no meaningful remedies have taken effect. Google continues to pay billions to be the default search engine on devices and browsers, while its data scale advantage compounds daily. The newly introduced SEARCH Act, sponsored by Senators Klobuchar and Schmitt, would prohibit Google from paying for default placement, require it to share search data with rivals, and apply similar rules to AI. DuckDuckGo publicly endorses the bill and urges Congress to pass it.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://spreadprivacy.com/searchact>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@pixcel25** · 0 upvotes

> this will kill Firefox 85% revenue comes from google as its default search engine

**@elmarchavez** · 0 upvotes

> I think this is healthy. If more search engine competition arises, Google is forced to prove their product is way better on a daily basis.

## Similar posts on daily.dev

- [Google broke the law. Congress can change that.](https://daily.dev/posts/google-broke-the-law-congress-can-change-that--sqawbujrt) · Spread Privacy · 7 upvotes · 0 comments
- [Google Built a Monopoly on Search Defaults and Will Do It Again in AI](https://daily.dev/posts/google-built-a-monopoly-on-search-defaults-and-will-do-it-again-in-ai-v30fgtm1g) · Spread Privacy · 25 upvotes · 5 comments

---

Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy)

[View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-broke-the-law-it-s-paid-no-price-congress-can-change-that--ozmtz6x5s)