The US Department of Justice is still asking Google to sell its Chrome web browser, according to Friday Court filing.
DOJ first proposed last year that Google would sell Chrome under then-President Joe Biden, but appears to be sticking to its plan under the second Trump administration. However, the department does not ask the company to sell all the investments in the billions of artificial intelligence that Google has poured into humanity.
“Google’s illegal activities have created economic Goliath.
The DOJ is a marketplace to ensure that Google is always winning,” the DOJ said in a filing signed by Omeed Assefi, the current representative attorney general of the Antimonopoly Act. (Trump candidate Leading antitrust laws for the DOJ is still awaiting confirmation. )
So DOJ said it had not changed the “core components” of its initial proposal, including a ban on selling Chrome or search-related payments to distribution partners.
With AI, DOJ says it does not seek “an essential sale of Google’s AI investments,” and will instead be satisfied with “advance notices for future investments.” He also said instead of giving Google the option to sell Android, he would leave future decisions to the courts, depending on whether the market becomes more competitive.
The proposal follows an antitrust lawsuit filed by the DOJ and the 38 state attorney generals, and Judge Amit P. Mehta has determined that Google has acted illegally to maintain its monopoly in online searches. Google has said it will appeal Mehta’s decision, but during that time it has provided alternative suggestions that it will address his concerns by providing more flexibility to its partners.
Google spokesman I told Reuters The DOJ’s “dramatic proposal” will last miles beyond court decisions and will harm American consumers, economic and national security. ”
Mehta will be hearing discussions from both Google and DOJ in April.
