Chrome is the world's most widely used browser, and government lawyers have argued that its use to cross-promote Google's products is one of the things that limits the available channels and incentives for increased competition. Is.
The requirements that officials are preparing to propose include requiring Google to separate Android from Search and Google Play, but without forcing Google to sell Android. Another requirement would be that it would have to share more information with advertisers and that would “give them more control over where their ads appear,” the outlet writes.
bloomberg It is also reported that executives will recommend that the company “give websites more options to prevent their content from being used by Google's artificial intelligence products.” Ultimately, they will reportedly push for “a ban on the type of exclusive contracts that were at the center of the case against Google.”
Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google's vice president of regulatory affairs, said the DOJ “continues to pursue a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case.” bloomberg Writes.