Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
摘要
美国联邦法官驳回Chegg和Penske Media对谷歌提起的反垄断诉讼。两家公司指控谷歌在AI概览等产品中违反反垄断法，导致其网站流量下降。法官Amit Mehta裁定谷歌行为不构成违法，并指出原告仅证明其对谷歌会带来搜索流量抱有“期待”，但期待不等于协议，这只是通用搜索引擎的运作方式。
In a setback for publishers worried about the effects of AI search, a US federal judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google. The companies accused Google of antitrust violations in products like AI overviews, which have led to decreasing traffic at numerous sites. However, US District Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google's conduct is not illegal under antitrust law.
The lawsuits were filed in 2025, and Google requested a dismissal earlier this year. Chegg, an education and learning platform, claimed in its lawsuit that Google illegally scraped its educational content. This allowed Gemini models to essentially recreate that content and reduce the site's traffic. Penske, which owns publications like Rolling Stone and Variety, filed a similar case that alleged lost traffic. Specifically, the publisher claimed it was unfair that sites indexed for organic search would also have their content harvested for AI answers, with no way to opt out.
These arguments did not sway the judge, who noted that Google's implicit agreement with websites is not legally relevant. "Plaintiffs have pleaded only that they have an ‘expectation’ that Google will send them search traffic if they make their content available for free," wrote Mehta. "But an expectation is not an agreement. It is simply how a general search engine works."
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