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Karina Montoya is a senior reporter and researcher with the Open Markets Institute. She writes primarily about media sustainability for the Center of Journalism & Liberty and broader competition policy issues on technology and society.
She has a background in business reporting and corporate communications. Before joining Open Markets, she was a writer and researcher for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., and in New York, she interned at Bloomberg News. In her native Peru, she reported extensively on infrastructure, banking, telecom, and technology for leading publications, including Gestion and Semana Economica. Montoya is fluent in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
She obtained her B.A. in communications and journalism from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (2013) and her master’s in journalism, with a concentration in business and economics, from Columbia University (2019). Connect with her by email, on Twitter @pressgirlk, or on LinkedIn.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya reflects on the end of the remedies phase of the Department of Justice’s case against Google for monopolizing the online search market. She argues that Google’s warnings against divestiture of its browser, Chrome, fall short and that a breakup will benefit the security of the internet, innovation, and users.
In this issue, we explore how copyright protections, currently under threat from the Trump administration, stand as a bulwark against Big Tech‘s use of copyrighted material to turbocharge AI growth.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya warns that Shira Perlmutter’s firing reflects Big Tech’s campaign to undermine copyright safeguards, as AI giants seek to freely exploit creative works without consent or accountability.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya analyzes the DOJ’s push for structural remedies in the Google search antitrust trial, including potential divestiture of Chrome.
The independent regulator is moving forward with one most comprehensive inquiry to date in the Global South taking on Big Tech and AI's impacts on journalism.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya argues that dismantling Google’s search monopoly requires structural changes, such as divesting Chrome which would break its interdependencies with Android, and implementing public oversight on its AI investments, to restore competition and prevent further market entrenchment.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya discusses the U.S. Department of Justice's recent proposal to break up Google's search monopoly by requiring the company to divest its Chrome browser and potentially its Android operating system, aiming to enhance competition in the digital market.
In this issue, we look at how the Trump DOJ’s pursuit of a Google breakup could help rewrite the rules of the internet and AI for the future.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya was listed as an expert to discuss the decline in Google's search quality and its potential impact on users.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya expresses concern on Amazon’s new ad tech service strengthens its market control, potentially threatening retailer independence and raising concerns about data and margin manipulation.