Department of Justice also likely to ask for curbs on use of the service’s results in training AI models in broad remedy
The US Department of Justice is expected to ask a judge to force Google to divest one or more of its core products, including its Chrome browser and Android mobile operating system, among the potential remedies to curb its power over online search.
The “expansive solution” set to be put forward by the DoJ follows a ruling earlier this year by Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, DC, which found that Google had developed an illegal monopoly in online search by spending billions of dollars on exclusive deals with wireless carriers, browser developers and device manufacturers, in particular Apple.
A Google spokesperson declined to comment and referenced a blog post published last month that said the “blueprint goes well beyond the legal scope of the court’s decision about search distribution contracts”, and reiterated plans to appeal.Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has vowed to appeal against the liability decision and will probably also fight the remedy ruling, which could extend the high-stakes and complex proceedings by years.
Its lawyers claim spinning off Chrome would harm consumers as few other companies have the capacity to invest the billions a year necessary to keep the browser secure and competitive with rivals, such as Apple’s Safari, while still providing it without cost.
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