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DOJ says Google should divest Chrome to restore competition in online search

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DOJ says Google should divest Chrome to restore competition in online search

The DOJ has sought to bar Google from re-entering the browser market for five years and insisted that Google sell its Android mobile operating system if other measures fail to restore competition.

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DOJ says Google should divest Chrome to restore competition in online search

Alphabet’s Google GOOGL.O must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a number of other measures to end its monopoly on Internet search, U.S. prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday. Gave.

Such changes would essentially result in Google being highly regulated for 10 years, subject to the oversight of the same Washington federal court that ruled the company maintained an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.

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Google controls approximately 90 percent of the online search market.

“Google’s unlawful conduct has deprived competitors not only of critical distribution channels, but also of distribution partners who might otherwise be able to compete in new and innovative ways,” the U.S. Justice Department said in a petition filed in court. Could enable us to enter these markets.”

Court papers filed Wednesday night expand on an earlier outline of how the US wants to end Google’s monopoly. Google at the time described the proposals as radical and said they would harm American consumers and businesses and shake American competitiveness in AI. The company has said that it will appeal.

The DOJ’s demands are broad, including barring Google from re-entering the browser market for five years and forcing Google to sell its Android mobile operating system if other measures fail to restore competition. The DOJ has also requested Google be banned from buying or investing in any search rivals, query-based artificial intelligence products or advertising technology.

The DOJ and a coalition of states want U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to end exclusive agreements in which Google pays billions of dollars annually to Apple AAPL.O and other device vendors to make its search engine the default on its tablets and smartphones. .
Google will get a chance to present its proposal in December.

Mehta has scheduled a trial on the motions for April, though President-elect Donald Trump and the DOJ’s next antitrust chief could step into the case and change course.

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