Tech giant snaps back, calls DoJ proposals on splitting up Alphabet and more 'government overreach'
The US government has confirmed it is considering asking a judge to force Google to divest parts of its business as part of potential remedies in the antitrust case over its control of online searches. it filed yesterday, the Department of Justice's antitrust division laid out the various ways it might tackle what it calls Google's anticompetitive conduct in general search services and general search text advertising.
Google today characterized the move as"government overreach," and as"radical and sweeping proposals" it said would hurt developers and consumers, referring. It added:"We believe that today's blueprint goes well beyond the legal scope of the Court's decision about Search distribution contracts. Government overreach in a fast-moving industry may have negative unintended consequences for American innovation and America's consumers.
The DoJ goes on to claim it has"a duty to seek – and the Court has the authority to impose – an order that not only addresses the harms that already exist as a result of Google's illegal conduct, but also prevents and restrains recurrence of the same offense of illegal monopoly maintenance going forward." This might be interpreted as implying that structural remedies are required because behavioral remedies are often regarded as less effective and more difficult to enforce.
Fully remedying these harms will require"not only ending Google's control of distribution today, but also ensuring Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow," the document notes with a sense of urgency.
To address this, the government says it is considering leveling the playing field by requiring the Mountain View firm to allow websites crawled for Google search to opt out of training or appearing in any Google-owned AI product or feature.
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