Last year, following a ruling by the US federal court that Google’s search engine services were indeed monopolistic, the Department of Justice filed a case requesting the court to order the separation of Chrome from Google as another company. This proposal is currently under consideration. However, all of these events took place during President Joe Biden’s term, raising questions about whether the direction will change in Donald Trump’s era.
Most recently, the US Department of Justice has revised its proposal to the federal court regarding this matter. The revised proposal no longer specifies that Google and Alphabet, its parent company, must divest their investment in rival AI companies like Anthropic, seen as a strategy to promote competition in the search engine service market. The issue of separating Chrome into another company remains part of the ongoing proposal.
Google’s representatives have confirmed that the proposal goes beyond the court’s ruling and could have negative impacts on users and the economy. The court is set to begin considering the proposal in April.
Source: Reuters
TLDR: The US Department of Justice has adjusted its proposal to the federal court regarding the separation of Chrome from Google, aiming to promote competition in the search engine market, a move that could have significant implications.
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