- Google accused of research and monopolization of the advertising market
- The company could have to sell Chrome and more, but retaliates
- The leaders meet the United States government to discuss the implications
Google representatives met the United States government to try to speak to the White House of the rupture of the company.
Reports of Bloomberg Affirms that the company has argued that the separation of its activities could affect the American economy – but also affect national security.
The United States Ministry of Justice simultaneously explores two antitrust cases against Google, both concerning its domination of the research market and its online advertising activities.
Google says that the rupture would be bad for national security
A federal judge ruled on Google illegally monopolized research and advertising markets last year – Statcounter maintains that Google represents nine online research out of 10, with Bing in second place with a share of 4% of the market.
The most worrying remedy proposed by the DoJ in the eyes of Google is to sell the Chrome browser, which represents two -thirds of all the browser sessions worldwide (via distinct figures from StatCounter). Google could also be forced to end its exclusivity agreements with Apple.
A trial to determine the result is scheduled for April 2025, and Google could know where it is in August, but there is hope for the company thanks to the special calendar of these events. The Biden administration had tried to break Google at the start of the surveys, but a new management of Trump could work in favor of Google.
This is not the first time that Google has drawn the national security card – in 2022, IT and the main competitors such as Amazon, Apple and Meta had been invited to open their networks to competitors. At the time, Google said that such a decision could weaken American technological competitiveness against China – a burning subject of today’s administration.
A Google spokesman said Techradar Pro: “We regularly meet regulators, including the DoJ to discuss this case. As we have said publicly, we fear that current proposals harm the American economy and national security.”
