Is Google at Risk of Losing the Chrome Browser?

Bloomberg reported on November 18 that US Justice Department officials have submitted a request to a judge to require Google to sell its Chrome browser to break its monopoly.

Sources told Bloomberg that the US Justice Department's antitrust officials will pursue the case and recommend that the US judge take a tough stance against Google, owned by Alphabet Inc. (US-based).

US authorities are expected to submit a request to US District Court Judge Amit Mehta on November 20 to force Google to sell its Chrome browser. Observers say the move is aimed at breaking Chrome's monopoly, as global users almost always use this browser to access the Google Search engine, from which Google Search can receive a large amount of data and reduce the ability to compete with other units.

The US Department of Justice has taken legal action against Google.

According to StatCounter, an organization that analyzes website traffic, Chrome accounts for about 61% of the browser market used in the US, while AFP cited a 2020 report indicating that Google accounts for about 90% of the search engine market in the US.

In August, Judge Mehta ruled that Google had violated antitrust laws in online search and search-based advertising. He also looked at agreements Google had with other developers that allowed Google Search to be the default search engine on competing browsers.

US officials say Google should share more search results with advertising partners and give them the initiative rather than using its position to impose. Google said it would appeal Judge Mehta’s August ruling.

Google’s vice president of legal affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, said the US Justice Department had gone beyond the legal framework, stressing that government intervention in this way would harm users and technology developers. The US Justice Department has not yet commented on the case.

Google also recently introduced the "AI Overviews" feature, which will use artificial intelligence (AI) to filter and provide basic information for the content that users search for on Google Search, instead of each person having to access individual websites. This brings convenience to the user experience, but website owners have complained that Google's AI will affect their web traffic and advertising revenue.

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