It was previously reported that Google would be required toSelling its Chrome browser businessIn order to improve its violation of market monopoly, the U.S. Department of Justice earlier issued a 23-page documentConfirm this.
In the document description, in addition to requiring Google to sell its Chrome browser business, the US Department of Justice also hopes to impose restrictions on the Android operating system to reduce Google's use of its service platform to control the search market, while also allowing users to browse online content through more different search engines.
Regarding the restrictions on the Android operating system, the US Department of Justice requires Google not to favor its own search engine service in this operating system, otherwise it will further require the sale of the Android operating system business. It also calls on Google to sell its search clicks and related query data to the outside world to facilitate the growth of competitors' search engine services or to assist the development of artificial intelligence startups.
Google's response to the U.S. Department of Justice's decisionharsh criticism, believing that this move will affect consumers' rights and interests, and will also affect the technological leadership of American companies. It also directly pointed out that the adjustments required by the US Department of Justice far exceed the scope of the court ruling and will affect more products beyond Google search services.
The court's ruling in August of this year that Google violated its monopoly position strengthens the US Department of Justice, which sued Google in January, in demanding a breakup of its business. Previously, the DOJ had also demanded that Google separate its artificial intelligence and Android operating systems to improve its monopoly.
However, Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google's vice president of regulatory affairs, earlier stated on the official blog that the US Department of Justice's approach was too radical, and emphasized that forcibly splitting Google's business and sharing search content and results with competitors would cause greater privacy and security issues.
Now, after the U.S. Department of Justice made relevant adjustment requests, Google must submit its own repair plan to the court before December 12.
