U.S. presses for Google to share data by citing Yahoo Japan deal

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Google to share its search data with third parties again as part of an antitrust investigation into its dominance in online search. In 2010, Google allowed Yahoo Japan access to its Japanese-language search index but not the global one. However, Justice Department lawyer David Dahlquist argued that this past behavior suggests Google has voluntarily shared data in the past, raising concerns about its ongoing control over users' searches. Despite Google's claims that sharing such information would compromise user privacy and harm its intellectual property, the department is pushing for remedies to address its search dominance issues.