{"id":9577,"date":"2025-09-05T17:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=9577"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:06:38","slug":"google-forced-to-play-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/google-forced-to-play-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Forced to Play Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>WORLD NEWS FLASH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"129\" src=\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/World-News-Flash-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4503\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>UNITED STATES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sept. 2, the Justice Department\u2019s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court\u2019s ruling recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis decision marks an important step forward in the Department of Justice\u2019s ongoing fight to protect American consumers. Under President Trump\u2019s leadership, we will continue our legal efforts to hold companies accountable for monopolistic practices,\u201d said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first Trump administration sued Google to restore competition for millions of Americans subjected to Google\u2019s monopoly abuses. Today, the second Trump administration has won a remedy to do just that,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the Justice Department\u2019s Antitrust Division. \u201cWe will continue to review the opinion to consider the Department\u2019s options and next steps regarding seeking additional relief. I am immensely proud of the dedicated public servants of the Antitrust Division and their tireless work on this case alongside our state partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filed in President Trump\u2019s first term, the Justice Department\u2019s case against the Google search monopoly has unified the country. The Department\u2019s original filing in October 2020 was joined by eleven State Attorneys General. Additional states filed a related action as the case progressed, and ultimately, the United States was joined in pursuing the remedies ordered today by 49 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the remedies ordered today, Google will be barred from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app. Google cannot enter or maintain agreements that (1) condition the licensing of any Google application on the distribution, preloading, or placement of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or the Gemini app anywhere on a device; (2) condition the receipt of revenue share payments for the placement of one Google application on the placement of another Google application; or (3) condition the receipt of revenue share payments on maintaining Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or the Gemini app on any device, browser, or search access point for more than one year; or (4) prohibit any partner from simultaneously distributing any other GSE, browser, or GenAI product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Google will have to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to certain competitors. Google will also be required to offer certain competitors search and search text ads syndication services, which will open up the market by enabling rivals and potential rivals to deliver high-quality search results and ads and compete with Google as they develop their own capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, Google accounted for approximately 90 percent of all search queries in the United States, and Google used anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in search and search advertising. Google entered into a series of exclusionary agreements that collectively locked up the primary avenues through which users access online search, requiring that Google be the preset default general search engine on billions of mobile devices and computers and, in many cases, prohibiting preinstallation of a competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using its monopoly profits, Google bought preferential treatment for its search engine and created a self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization &#8211; shutting out potential competitors, reducing innovation, and taking choice away from American consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Justice and the states proved that Google broke the law over the course of a bench trial that started in September 2023 and lasted nine weeks. In August 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released a 277-page opinion, concluding that \u201cGoogle is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly\u201d in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Today\u2019s decision follows a 15-day remedies trial in May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>MASS SHOOTING UPDATE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Information from 9-2-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 Mass Shooting Stats: (Source: Mass Shooting Tracker, https:\/\/www.massshootingtracker.site\/data\/?year=2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Total Mass Shootings: 348<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total Dead: 395<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total Wounded: 1449<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shootings Per Day: 1.42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Days Reached in Year 2025 as of noon Sept. 2: 245<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>ASIA<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLOCK TICKING TO FIND SURVIVORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Aug. 31\u2019s devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The magnitude six quake has already left more than 800 dead and at least 2,000 injured, but the total impact could be in the \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d, according to the UN\u2019s top aid official in the country, Indrika Ratwatte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking from Kabul, Mr. Ratwatte said that mud and wooden roof structures were predominant in the affected mountainous provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the walls collapse, the roof is what basically falls on individuals, kills them or suffocates them,\u201d he said. \u201cSince this happened in the night, everybody was sleeping,\u201d the senior UN aid official explained, indicating that many more people may be trapped under the debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of thousands could be impacted, \u201cas in houses destroyed, injured, casualties, livestock lost and any livelihood systems that they had,\u201d Mr. Ratwatte explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first critical 24 hours after the earthquake hit, access was \u201cvery limited,\u201d owing to landslides and rockfalls triggered by the tremors. Some roads were already blocked by previous rockslides caused by recent heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis has posed a huge challenge to us as we deploy right now,\u201d Mr. Ratwatte said, stressing that 20 emergency assessment teams have been mobilized alongside 15 mobile teams \u201cwhich will enhance the humanitarian flights from Kabul to Jalalabad,\u201d capital of the affected Nangarhar province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN Humanitarian Air Service has scheduled additional flights connecting Kabul and Jalalabad for personnel and cargo to scale up the response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aid official also said that the UN and others are trying to set up or repair damaged mobile networks as there is \u201czero connectivity\u201d with some affected communities, \u201cand even to bring in helicopters and land,\u201d another challenge for the de facto authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to get to these areas and keep shuttling injured individuals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Ratwatte underscored the importance of protection work, \u201cincluding psychosocial support for individuals who lost family and loved ones\u201d. He also stressed that it was urgent to dispose of bodies and dead livestock to prevent waterborne diseases, \u201cwhich can happen very, very fast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the first responders in the affected areas was the Afghan Red Crescent. Joy Singhal, Acting Head of Delegation for Afghanistan of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), said that more people could have been saved if road access were easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur staff and volunteers sometimes have to (walk) for about four to five hours to reach some of those remote villages,\u201d he said. Once they reach their destination \u201cthey have to walk back and bring those affected and wounded people into the city center\u2026the two hospitals there are overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those staying in remote and mountainous quake-hit areas urgently need tents, tarpaulins and blankets to protect them from the cool weather in the highlands. They also need hot meals and food which is being made available, said Amy Martin, Head of the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in Afghanistan. Mobile health teams have been sent to some of the affected districts but they are &#8220;going to be in short supply,&#8221; she noted. &#8220;That&#8217;s going to be a gap; making sure that we can do that trauma care and that initial first aid, which is critical.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghanistan has long faced what the UN\u2019s Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Ratwatte called \u201csystemic humanitarian challenges.\u201d Half of its population &#8211; or some 22.5 million people &#8211; need assistance, while food insecurity has been aggravated by recent drought. Sweeping funding cuts to humanitarian programs since the beginning of the year have meant that \u201chundreds\u201d of aid facilities have had to close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe earthquake comes at a time where vulnerable communities are going to be super-exposed to additional stresses,\u201d Mr. Ratwatte said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another major challenge is the return in 2025 of 2.4 million Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan, whom communities in the country have been \u201cstruggling to integrate,\u201d said UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Babar Baloch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore than half of these are deportations, people who have been put on buses and other forms of transport and left at the borders to go home, and it has already put a further restraint on our ability to support,\u201d Mr. Baloch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WORLD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MENTAL HEALTH IN THE SPOTLIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disorders such as anxiety and depression are exacting a heavy toll on individuals, families and economies, yet most countries are failing to provide adequate support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health problems are widespread across every society and age group and remain the second leading cause of long-term disability. They drive up healthcare costs for families and governments while costing the global economy an estimated $1 trillion each year in lost productivity, UN health experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The findings are detailed in two new reports: World mental health today and the Mental Health Atlas 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, they show that while there has been some progress since 2020, the world is still far off track in tackling the scale of the crisis. The reports will help to inform debate at a UN high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases and mental health, to be held late this month in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTransforming mental health services is one of the most pressing public health challenges,\u201d said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInvesting in mental health means investing in people, communities and economies, an investment no country can afford to neglect. Every leader has a responsibility to act urgently and to ensure mental health care is treated not as a privilege, but as a basic right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reports highlight several stark findings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women are disproportionately affected by mental health conditions, with anxiety and depression most common among both sexes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suicide claimed an estimated 727,000 lives in 2021 and is a leading cause of death among young people. On current trends, the world will fall far short of the UN target to reduce suicide deaths by a third by 2030, managing only a 12 percent reduction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Median government spending on mental health remains at just two percent of health budgets, unchanged since 2017. While high-income countries spend up to $65 per person on mental health, low-income countries spend as little as four cents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The mental health workforce is dangerously thin in many regions. There are just 13 mental health workers for every 100,000 people worldwide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fewer than one in 10 countries has fully moved to community-based care, with most still relying heavily on psychiatric hospitals. Almost half of inpatient admissions are involuntary, and more than one in five patients remain hospitalized for over a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these challenges, there have been some positive developments. More countries are integrating mental health into primary healthcare and expanding early intervention programs in schools and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 80 percent of countries now include mental health and psychosocial support in emergency response, up from less than 40 percent in 2020. Telehealth services are also becoming more widely available, though access is still uneven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHO is urging governments to step up investment and reform, warning that the current pace of progress is too slow to meet global goals. Key priorities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fairer financing of mental health services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stronger legal protection and rights-based legislation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater investment in the mental health workforce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accelerated shift towards community-based, person-centered care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORLD NEWS FLASH UNITED STATES On Sept. 2, the Justice Department\u2019s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. 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