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US Urges Google To Completely Overhaul Business Units, Internet Could Change

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the court to order Google to split up its business units, such as Chrome and Android. This is expected to have an impact on the internet search engine landscape.

In addition to having to split up its business units, Google will also likely be asked to share user data on its search engine with its competitors.

The DOJ said they were “considering behavioral and structural remedies that would prevent Google from using products like Chrome, Play, and Android to profit from Google search and products and features related to Google search.”

The statement came after Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had a monopoly in the search engine industry last August.

The decision was the result of a 2020 antitrust lawsuit filed by the DOJ and several states, which accused Google of “unlawfully maintaining a monopoly over search products and products related to search.

Quoted from Engadget, the Department of Justice is also considering limiting or prohibiting Google from signing contracts with other companies to make its search engine the default option for their browsers and mobile phones.

In his ruling, Judge Mehta said that paying Mozilla, Apple, Samsung and other device makers to make Google their default search engine is illegal if it is intended to maintain its dominant position in the market.

A Google executive previously revealed in court that the company paid Apple $26 billion for such a deal.

Another of the department’s proposals is to restrict Google from using search results to train its generative artificial intelligence models.

In a blog post, Google’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland called the DOJ’s proposal “radical and broad.” She said the government appears to be pursuing a “major agenda” that would impact many industries and products, and then listed how it would impact consumers.

Mulholland argued that forcing Google to share users’ search queries and search results with competitors could pose significant privacy and security risks, since the company has strict security standards.

She also said that separating Chrome or Android would be “unbundling” them, compromising their security and making it harder to patch bugs.

This would “change their business models, raise the cost of devices, and weaken Android and Google Play in the face of fierce competition with the iPhone and Apple’s App Store.” Mulholland also argued that “blocking Google’s AI tools risks stifling American innovation at a critical time.” The DOJ has until November 20 to file a better solution, while Google has until December 20 to file its own solution in court.

SOURCE : CNBC INDONESIA