The US Department of Justice plans to go to court with a request to force Google to sell part of its business after the company was recognized as a monopolist in the online search engine market. This was reported by Bloomberg, referring to a ministry report.
Author:
https://rb.ru/author/bmuzichenko/
Subscribe to RB.RU on Telegram
The document says the Justice Department is “considering structural and behavioral protections that will prevent Google from using products like Chrome, Play, and Android” to gain advantages in search and the use of artificial intelligence.
The court can also force Google to provide access to the data the company uses to operate its search engine, Bloomberg emphasized.
Additionally, the Justice Department may require Google to stop paying Apple and other device makers to make its search engine the default on their smartphones and browsers. Google made such payments worth $26.3 billion in 2021, according to Reuters.
The agency said the Justice Ministry must present more specific proposals about Google to the court by November 20. The company will be able to respond until December 20.
Google called the Justice Department’s proposals “radical” and noted that “excessive government intervention in a fast-growing industry could have unintended negative consequences for innovation and American consumers.”
-
Google was recognized as a monopolist among online search engines in August 2024. The court stated that the company blocked approximately 90% of the market to competitors.
-
In October, Google was asked to open Android users to third-party app stores so developers could compete with Google Play.
Author:
Bogdan Muzychenko
Source: RB
I am a professional journalist and content creator with extensive experience writing for news websites. I currently work as an author at Gadget Onus, where I specialize in covering hot news topics. My written pieces have been published on some of the biggest media outlets around the world, including The Guardian and BBC News.
