The Justice Department (DOJ) is currently suing Google over the tech giant's monopolization of the internet search market. To defend the company's bottom line, Google executives have made a face turn, hypocritically attempting to position themselves as defenders of online user privacy. The Trump administration shouldn't fall for it.

The DOJ is standing on strong precedent to impose remedies against Google for its monopolization of the general search market. Google, likely knowing that, is resorting to all the usual sleights of hand. But one really stuck out: the company claims that the DOJ wants to "force Google to share your most sensitive and private search queries with companies you may never have heard of, jeopardizing your privacy and security." CEO Sundar Pichai doubled down, testifying that he has "a lot of concerns around privacy" with respect to DOJ's proposed remedy for his company's monopoly. The company is even brining in its privacy expert to testify to that effect.

You read right. The same company that has been the subject of multiple enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), several........

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