After a Friday, the US Ministry of Justice still calls on to sell its web browser chrome Court registration.
The doj suggested that first Google should sell Chrome Last year among the then President Joe Biden, but it seems to stay on this plan under the second Trump administration. However, the department no longer demands that the company sell all its investments in artificial intelligence, including the billions of Google cast in anthropic.
“Google’s illegal behavior has created an economic Goliath that devastated over the
Marketplace to ensure that Google always wins – no matter what happens, ”said the Doj in a submission signed by omeed Asefi, his current Attorney General for Cartel trust. ((Trump’s candidate Current antitrust rights for the Doj is still waiting for the confirmation.)
For this reason, the doj said that the “core components” of its first proposal did not change, including the sale of chrome and a ban on the search -related payments to sales partners.
On AI, the Doj said that it no longer demands “the mandatory sale of Google’s AI investments” and will instead be satisfied with “prior notification for future investments”. Instead of giving Google the opportunity to sell Android now, it will leave a future decision to the court, depending on whether the market will become more competitive.
This proposal follows cartel suits submitted by the Attorney General of the DOJ and 38 prosecutors, the leading judge Amit P. Mehta Regulate that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly when searching online. Google said that it would make an appeal against Mehta’s decision, but in the meantime offered An alternative proposal The fact that it is said would make up his concerns by offering partners more flexibility.
A Google spokesman said Reuters that the “” comprehensive proposals of the doj continue to go beyond the decision of the court and that consumers, the economy and national security of America would affect. “
Mehta should hear arguments from Google and the Doj in April.
