Google has filed a lawsuit It outlines how the antitrust violations accused by the Justice Department could be addressed and faced restrictions that would prevent it from favoring its own search engine in Android. Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in August that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and Google said in the proposal filed Friday evening that it disagreed with the ruling but suggested ways to make its contracts with browser companies and Android device makers more flexible.
In one Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, summarized the filing, writing that the proposal would allow browser companies like Apple and Mozilla to “continue to offer Google Search to their users and earn revenue from this partnership,” while They would be allowed “multiple default settings” at the same time, “agreements across different platforms (e.g. a different default search engine for iPhones and iPads) and browsing modes.” And browsers could change their default search provider every 12 months. The proposal would also give device makers “additional flexibility to preload multiple search engines and preload any Google app independently of preloading Search or Chrome.”
Google said it plans to appeal the judge’s decision ahead of a hearing in April and will submit a revised proposal on March 7. In the blog post, Mulholland called the DOJ’s proposal “overbroad” and further wrote that it reflects an “interventionist agenda” and “goes far beyond what the court’s decision is actually about – our agreements with distribution partners.” the search.”
