Google Chrome : Once again the US Justice Department has demanded the sale of Google Chrome browser. According to the government, Google has become involved in illegal activities in the markets and no matter what happens, Google is always ahead.

The US Justice Department is pushing Google to sell its Chrome browser. This shows that the Biden administration is continuing the strict policy of the Trump administration on tech companies. A few days ago, in a court filing, the Justice Department requested that Judge Amit Mehta order the sale of Google Chrome browser. According to the government, Google has illegally created such a situation in the market that no matter what happens, Google always comes out ahead and wins. According to the US Justice Department, due to this situation of Google, American consumers are left with only limited options. By August 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had devised a strategy to give its own search engine a dominant position by paying other companies. During the trial in 2023, it was revealed that Google had spent $26.3 billion on this strategy in 2021.

It was said by Judge Amit Mehta that 70% of the research in America is done through those portals. where google search engine is also present. The company’s revenue sharing agreements have made it nearly impossible for smaller search engines to compete. Google has said that it is the users’ choice because it is better than competitors like DuckDuckGo or Bing. But the Justice Department says Mozilla, smartphone manufacturers and Google should stop all such agreements with Apple. In which the default search engine is made.

There has been some improvement in the earlier proposals of the government. Now the sale of all the proposals related to Google’s Artificial Intelligence has been stopped. According to the government, information about investments made in Google AI should be given to state and federal authorities.

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