{"id":644820,"date":"2024-11-21T07:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-to-end-monopoly\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T07:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:05:19","slug":"doj-google-must-sell-chrome-to-end-monopoly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-to-end-monopoly\/","title":{"rendered":"#DOJ: Google must sell Chrome to end monopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2efb08433b6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2efb08433b6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-to-end-monopoly\/#Googles_response\" >Google\u2019s response<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States Department of Justice argued Wednesday that Google should divest its Chrome browser as part of a remedy to break up the company\u2019s illegal monopoly in online search, according to a filing with the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205\/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205.1062.0.pdf\"> U.S District Court of the District of Columbia<\/a>. Google would not be allowed to re-enter the search market for five years if the DOJ\u2019s proposed remedy is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, it will be up to District Court Judge Amit Mehta to decide what Google\u2019s final punishment will be, a decision that could fundamentally change one of the world\u2019s largest businesses and alter the structure of the internet as we know it. That phase of the trial is expected to kick off sometime in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Mehta ruled in August that Google was an illegal monopoly for abusing its power over the search business. The judge also took issue with Google\u2019s control of various gateways to the internet and the company\u2019s payments to third parties in order to retain its status as a default search engine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ\u2019s latest filing suggested that Google\u2019s ownership of Android and Chrome, which are key distribution channels for its search business, pose \u201ca significant challenge\u201d to apply remedies for making the search market competitive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Justice Department proposed other remedies to address the search giant\u2019s monopoly, including that Google spin off its Android mobile operating system. The filing noted that Google and other partners might be against that spin-off and suggested strict remedies, including not using Android to disadvantage its search competitors. The DOJ hinted that if Google fails to put limitations on Android, it should be forced to sell it off.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors also argued that the company should be prohibited from entering into exclusionary third-party contracts with browser or phone companies, such as Google\u2019s contract with Apple, which is to be the default search engine on all Apple products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ also argued that Google should license its search data along with ad click data to rivals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the DOJ also jotted out conditions prohibiting Google from entering the browser market again five years after the company spins off Chrome. Plus, it also proposed that after the Chrome sale, Google shouldn\u2019t acquire or own any rival ad text search, query-based AI product, or ads <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. What\u2019s more, the document outlined provisions for publishers to opt out of Google using their data to train AI models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the court accepts these remedies, Google will face a serious setback as a competitor to OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic in AI technology.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-google-s-response\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Googles_response\"><\/span>Google\u2019s response<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reponse, Google said DOJ\u2019s latest filing was \u201ca radical interventionist agenda\u201d that would harm people the U.S. and the country\u2019s tech prowess in the world. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDOJ\u2019s wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court\u2019s decision. It would break a range of Google products \u2014 even beyond Search \u2014 that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives,\u201d president of global affairs and Google\u2019s chief legal officer Kent Walker said in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/public-policy\/doj-search-remedies-nov-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a blog post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walker made additional arguments that the proposal would put security and privacy of users at stake, detoriate quality of Chrome and Android, and hurt services like Mozilla Firefox, which depends on Goolge Search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that if the proposal goes through, it will hamper people\u2019s ability to access Google Search. Plus, it would damage the company\u2019s prospects in AI race. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDOJ\u2019s approach would result in unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses \u2014 and jeopardize America\u2019s global economic and technological leadership at precisely the moment it\u2019s needed most,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is set to file its reponse to this filing next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wednesday filing confirms earlier reports that prosecutors were considering pushing Google to spin off Chrome, which controls about 61% of the browser market in the U.S., <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/doj-push-google-sell-chrome-222920497.html#:~:text=The%20Chrome%20browser%20controls%20about,as%20they%20prepared%20the%20recommendation.\">according<\/a> to web traffic service StatCounter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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