Google has appealed a US district judge's landmark antitrust ruling that found the company illegally held a monopoly in online search. As we have long said, the Court's August 2024 ruling ignored the reality that people use Google because they want to, not because they're forced to, Google's vice president for regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, stated. In its announcement on Friday, Google argued that the ruling by Judge Amit Mehta didn't account for the pace of innovation and intense competition the company faces. The company is requesting a pause on implementing a series of fixes aimed at limiting its monopoly power. Judge Mehta acknowledged the rapid changes to Google's business when he issued his remedies in September, writing that the emergence of generative AI had changed the course of the case. He refused to grant government lawyers their request for a Google breakup that would include a spin-off of Chrome, the world's most popular browser. Instead, he pushed less rigorous remedies, including a requirement for Google to share certain data with qualified competitors as deemed by the court. The judge also called for Google to allow some competitors to display its search results as their own to give startups the time and resources they need to innovate. On Friday, Mulholland voiced concerns about being forced to share search data and syndication services with rivals, cautioning that such mandates could risk Americans' privacy and discourage competition. This comes as Google, which has been investing heavily in AI, faces scrutiny from the European Commission over its AI-generated summaries that appear above search results, amid fears it may be misusing data from websites without proper compensation. Notably, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has recently hit a market capitalization of $4 trillion, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.