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Google is pointing to the efforts of the Department of Justice to review its search engine only a few days before a Federal Court hearing, with executives of the Higher Company that describe the reforms proposed by the Government as “excessively excessive” and propose potential risks for consumers, companies and the national security scene.
A Google senior executive foreseen the company’s counter -argument in an interview on Friday with Fox News Digital, pointing out that, in his opinion, the remedies proposed by the Department of Justice are “tremendously broad” and go “miles beyond what the court ordered in August, when the United States district judge, Amit Mehta, faced the government and became that Google was operating in illegal monopoly in the online search sector.
The remedy framework proposed by the Department of Justice includes steps such as Chrome’s disinversion, Google Internet browser and possibly Android; Requirements for Google to disseminate your consumption data and consumer search consultations with other companies over the next 10 years, including companies located outside the United States; and broad options for “self-preferentiation”, which would limit users’ access to innovative integrations, including the functions of AI, the Google and Google Lens translator, which allows users to search for their photos or use their camera.
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A mobile phone is showing a Google search in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 23, 2024. (THILINA KALUTHOTAGE / NURPHOTO through Getty Images / Getty Images)
He Accused department of justice Google to maintain its monopoly over the years paying Internet browsers and smartphone manufacturers, such as Apple and Samsung, so that its search engine appears automatically on its devices.
And while Google challenges the decision of the court and plans to appeal the case, the company also sees danger in the framework of regulation resources that the Government presented to the Court, Kent Walker, president of Global Global Affairs, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
On the eve of the 15 -day probative hearing, which begins Monday in Washington, DC, Walker described Google’s concerns with the government’s plan, noting that, in his opinion, the proposal of the Justice Department to break the operations of Google’s search engines goes “miles beyond” the relief ordered by the Federal Court Judge.
“We are very concerned about the DOJ proposal,” Walker told Fox News Digital. “We believe it would harm American consumers, our economy, our technological leadership, even national security.”
Google executives described it as an “extreme proposal” that would endanger security and privacy by millions; Relaxed investments in AI; And hurt innovative services, including the Firefox de Mozilla, which depend on Google for searching.
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The house of the court of E. Barrett Prettyman is seen in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch / Getty images / getty images)
The proposed reform of the Department of Justice “would result in an unprecedented government overreach that would damage consumers, developers and small US businesses, and endanger the global economic and technological leadership of the United States precisely at the time it is most needed,” Walker, Walker, Walker. He said in a blog post Shortly after the proposal of the Department of Justice.
In addition to the steps described above, the DOJ reform proposal includes broad options for “self-preferentiation”, which would limit users’ access to innovative integrations currently included in the search for Google, including the years, Google Translate and the new Google lens, a feature that allows users to search using a photo or the camera of your phone, Walker explained in an interview.
This week, the company presented an alternative proposal of Remedios, which says that it addresses with greater precision the search distribution contracts that were in the heart of the antimonopoly case.
“The central finding here was that we were paying to distribute the search so that it was more difficult for the rivals to compete,” Walker told Fox News Digital. “Then, our proposals deal with that and say: ‘Well, that’s fine, we will adjust our contracts so that we are not paying for the entire access point on a device.”
This includes shorter contracts for browse companies, such as Apple and Mozilla; New contracts with Android, to allow additional flexibility and the option of preloading multiple search engines; And other important steps to make the landscape more competitive, he said.
“In summary, Google’s proposed resources address much more than the specific conduct that the Court considered anti -competitive in the responsibility phase of this case and gives rivals the opportunity to innovate and compete in the merits in the future while preserving Google innovation incentives,” wrote the technological giant in his judicial presentation.
Now, the remedy presented to the Federal Court will require that certain measures to rectify those perceived errors.
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Google has long paid Apple to Pre -Install software on its iPhones. (Josh Edelson / AFP through Getty Images / Getty Images)
The victory of the Department of Justice in the case last year is significant: it marked the first successful antitrust demand presented by the United States against an important technology company from the United States v. Microsoft in 2001.
But it is not clear if your relief plan will be so successful.
“This feels like a case back, [dealing with] Things that happened 10 years ago, at a time of unprecedented innovation, “Walker said about the reform proposal of the Department of Justice.
Google lawyers and the Department of Justice will meet again on Monday for the Resource Hearing in Washington, DC
