‘Remedying These Harms’: Federal Government Weighs Breakup Of $2 Trillion Tech Giant
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering recommending a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in a bid to eliminate its alleged monopoly on online search, according to a court filing…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering recommending a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its Business in a bid to eliminate its alleged monopoly on online search, according to a court filing Tuesday.
A U.S. judge ruled in August that Google built and abused a “monopoly” by spending billions on exclusivity agreements to be the automatic search engine for browsers such as Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox. The DOJ could force Google to sell segments of its Business, including its Chrome browser and Android operating system, which place Google as its default search engine, the DOJ filing showed.
“For more than a decade, Google has controlled the most popular distribution channels, leaving rivals with little-to-no incentive to compete for users,” the DOJ wrote. “Fully remedying these harms requires not only ending Google’s control of distribution today, but also ensuring Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow.”