According to the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), the Google empire has monopolistic conduct when it comes to Internet searches. In that sense, the agency has plans to force the division of this technology giant to stimulate competition in the innovation sector.
To achieve this objective, the DoJ must convince a Federal Court of the accusations it brings against the firm. The case would go to trial in the first quarter of next year and a decision by the authorities could be known in August.
Notably, the judge in the case, Amit Mehta, of the District of Columbia Court, appears to agree with prosecutors’ accusations. In this way, it is expected that your decision will not be favorable for the company; However, the latter would be willing to appeal the decision, according to Yahoo Finance.
The latter suggests that a final decision on the case of Alphabet (Google’s parent company) will not occur in 2025. In simple words, the Google empire would not withdraw from its domains without first putting up a long fight. Another element to take into consideration is the position of the incoming government administration headed by Donald Trump.
Will Trump intervene or let the Google empire face its fate?
An element of great importance is that the case against Google began during the administration of Donald Trump. With the Biden government it continued with much more determination on the part of prosecutors. However, the Trump of the presidential campaign does not seem to be the same as his first term as president. The case of cryptocurrencies is one of the facts that demonstrate this change in position.
Consequently, for Google there is hope of reaching an agreement with the authorities that does not contemplate the division of its empire. In an interview in October, Trump claimed that Google’s business in Internet search was twisted. However, the company could be forced to abandon bad practices without going so far as to dismember it.
He added that the breakup of Google would end up favoring China and its growing innovative capacity that threatens the leadership of the US. In any case, the DoJ has several suggestions to remedy the illegal monopoly conduct that, in its opinion, Google has. One of them could be the sale of its Chrome browser.
This would allow other browser companies like Brave or Safari to have more room to grow. According to the managers of these browsers, Google puts pressure on them like an extortionist. On the other hand, the DoJ also has a magnifying glass on the Android operating system business.
On this last point, they suggest that any agreement that makes Chrome a specific application on Android smartphones should be ended.
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