Google Should Be Forced To Divest Chrome Browser, DOJ Says | Global News Avenue

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Alphabet’s Google (Google) should sell its Chrome browser, following August court ruling The tech giant has an illegal monopoly on the search market.

A month later, the Justice Department submitted revised documents to federal Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled in August Submitted A framework for restructuring Google, including breaking up the tech giant.

“Google’s ownership and control of Chrome and Android – key methods of distributing its search engines to consumers – imposes restrictions on the implementation of measures aimed at ‘freeing (these) markets from anti-competitive conduct’ and ‘ensuring that there remain no future restrictions that could lead to monopolies. practices,” the 23-page document said.

The Justice Department said a successful remedy would end third-party payments that harm Google’s competitors.

“To address these challenges, Google must spin off Chrome because it ‘consolidates (Google’s) dominant position,'” the document said.

Google says it plans to submit its own proposal next month

Google Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker said the company will submit its own proposal next month “and will make a broader case next year.”

“The Department of Justice’s shocking proposal would harm consumers and America’s global technology leadership,” Walker wrote.

Losing control of Chrome, which controls two-thirds of the search market, would hurt Google, which requires browsers to measure user activity and use that data to target ads — which it maximum income source.

The U.S. Department of Justice also asked Google to take “conduct remedies” to prevent its control of the Android mobile operating system from harming other companies. The U.S. Department of Justice said that if Google violates these regulations, it should be forced to divest Android.

Alphabet shares, up 26% this year as of Wednesday’s close, were slightly lower in premarket trading.