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US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android (www.theverge.com)

submitted 16 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Requirements that officials are preparing to propose include that Google separate Android from Search and Google Play, but without trying to force Google to sell off Android. Another requirement would say it has to share more information with advertisers and that it “give them more control over where their ads appear,” the outlet writes.

Bloomberg also reports that officials will recommend that the company “give websites more options to prevent their content from being used by Google’s artificial intelligence products.” Finally, they will reportedly recommend “a ban on the type of exclusive contracts that were at the center of the case against Google.”

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Yes, almost like they have intentionally waited until Trump's election.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The case began under Trumps last administration

[–] [email protected] 35 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

imo if anything the opposite causality is true: this DOJ was banking on a continuation of Biden in Kamala Harris, and because that is no longer forthcoming they're now trying to get something out the door before the administrative changeover in the hopes it can stick. it almost certainly won't, but most of Trump's appointees are gigamad about "censorship" and they hate Google for "punishing conservative voices" or whatever so it's hardly the most contrived hail mary if so

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

The case likely began (as an investigation) while Trump was still in office. Here's hoping it can continue.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Fair point. With that in mind, my new prediction is that Trump's DOJ will start a new case against Google, and then spend two years tripping over their feet before landing at the exact same point.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

Before losing and getting the case dismissed with prejudice ,preventing another trial during a later administration you mean, surely

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

Also possible they are putting stuff out early in the hope that public support protects them from the next admin

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I think it took the normal amount of time...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, the judge published a 300 page ruling in August on what parts of the Google business were or weren't an illegal monopoly. It's pretty reasonable to take 3 months to scour through those specific findings to propose specific remedies for how to address the parts that were an illegal monopoly, proportional to those findings, and informed by the actual facts of how the company is organized, what the market dynamics are, and all sorts of economic models.