Google warns of serious consequences if forced to sell Chrome

According to Google, the DOJ had the opportunity to address issues in areas it believed had a direct impact, but instead chose to “advance a radical interventionist agenda” that could harm American consumers and America’s global technology leadership.

Many impacts on Google

The company stressed that being forced to divest Chrome and Android would threaten the security and privacy of millions of users. It also worried that it would expose Americans’ personal search information to an unspecified number of domestic and foreign companies. Furthermore, Google would have to reduce its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), an area in which it is a leader.

Google is being asked by the DOJ to sell its Chrome browser

The DOJ’s proposal could also affect other innovative projects, like Mozilla Firefox, whose existence depends on a search agreement with Google. Access to Google’s search service would be restricted.

In addition, the US government also announced plans to establish a "Technical Committee" with the power to decide on Google's search service, creating great power over users' activities on the internet. As a result, on Google Pixel phones, users will be faced with two choice screens before accessing the search engine, and the design of these screens will have to be approved by the Technical Committee.

Google insists that it provides “the highest-quality search engine in the industry” and is trusted by hundreds of millions of users every day. But the DOJ’s proposal would expand government power on an unprecedented scale, something Google says would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses, and threaten America’s economic and technological leadership at a time when it is needed most.

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