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Justice Department calls for sanctions against Google in landmark antitrust case
After a federal judge ruled in August that Google is illegally monopolizing the search engine market, the Department of Justice is now saying the company must be reined in.
In a blog post published Tuesday night, Google’s vice president of global affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland wrote, “we are concerned the DOJ is already signaling requests that go far beyond the specific legal issues in this case.” “Make no mistake: Breaking them off would change their business models, raise the cost of devices, and undermine Android and Google Play in their robust competition with Apple’s iPhone and App Store,” she continued. The government says the tracking raises “genuine privacy concerns” that could not only harm users, but “deny scale to rivals.” Additionally, the Justice Department evaluated Google’s advertising business and said it’s considering remedies that would “create more competition and lower the barriers to entry.”
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