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Google Faces US Government Attempt to Break It Up

Department of Justice examining structural remedies to challenge tech corporations internet search monopoly

The Guardian 10 OCT 2024

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The US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of Googles business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporations monopoly over the internet search market.

The Department of Justice has filed court papers that say it is considering enforcing structural remedies that would prevent Google from using some of its products such as Chrome, Android and Play, which the DoJ argues give the company an advantage over rivals.

Other actions being considered include blocking Google from paying to have its search engine pre-installed on smartphones and other devices.

Google, which is owned by Alphabet, said it would challenge any case by the DoJ and that the proposals marked an overreach by the government that would harm consumers.

The latest filing comes after a court ruling in August in favour of the DoJ that found Google, which controls 90% of the global search market, had violated antitrust laws and spent billions building up an illegal monopoly.

The ruling paved the way for the current lawsuit by the justice department that will rule on potential actions to counteract Googles market domination.

The filing said Googles conduct had resulted in interlocking and pernicious harms to users, and the importance of restoring competition to a market, which was indispensable to Americans, could not be overstated.

The judgment said: Plaintiffs are considering behavioural and structural remedies that would prevent Google from using products such as Chrome, Play, and Android to advantage Google search and Google search-related products and features including emerging search access points and features, such as artificial intelligence over rivals or new entrants.

The move may also prevent Google from being able to pay major phone companies such as Apple and Samsung for Chrome to be the default browser on their devices. In 2021,

Google paid companies $26.3bn to ensure its search engine was the default option in the products.

The filing said: For more than a decade, Google has controlled the most popular distribution channels, leaving rivals with little to no incentive to compete for users.

Fully remedying these harms requires not only ending Googles control of distribution today, but also ensuring Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow.

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