Alphabet Inc.'s Google should take a number of steps to end its monopoly on Internet search, including selling its Chrome browser and sharing data and search results with competitors, U.S. prosecutors have told a judge. insisted.
Such changes would effectively subject Google to a decade of heightened regulation, the same Washington federal court that ruled the company maintained an illegal monopoly on online search and related advertising. They will be subject to court supervision.
Google controls approximately 90% of the online search market.
In a court filing, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said, “Google's illegal conduct not only deprived competitors of important distribution channels, but also allowed competitors to enter these markets in new and innovative ways. “We also took away potential distribution partners.”
The court papers filed Wednesday night expand on an earlier outline of how the United States wants to end Google's monopoly. Google called the proposal radical at the time, saying it would harm American consumers and businesses and undermine America's competitive position in artificial intelligence.
The company says it will appeal.
The Justice Department's demands are wide-ranging, including banning Google from re-entering the browser market for five years and requiring Google to sell its Android mobile OS if competition cannot be restored with other remedies. This includes things like requesting.
The department also wants to ban Google from acquiring or investing in search rivals, query-based artificial intelligence products, or advertising technology.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states have urged U.S. District Judge Amit to end Google's exclusive contracts that pay Apple and other device vendors billions of dollars a year to make its search engine the default on tablets and smartphones. asked Mr. Mehta.
Google will have a chance to announce its own proposal in December.
Mehta has scheduled a trial on the proposal in April, but President-elect Donald Trump and the Justice Department's next antitrust chief could intervene to change the course of the case.
