U.S. Senate: the antitrust lawsuit against Google should take into account the forced split of Google

Earlier, the US Department of Justice announced an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The US Department of Justice believes that Google has anti-competitive behaviors in the search engine market.

For example, Google pays huge sums of money to Apple every year in exchange for becoming the default search engine for Apple devices, which will affect the normal development of other search engines.

At the same time, Google uses its role as an Internet gatekeeper to collect user privacy data and sell it to advertisers, which will further consolidate Google’s monopoly position to disadvantage consumers.

But for the time being, the US Department of Justice has only mentioned the mandatory split of Google, and it has not explicitly adopted the mandatory split as the ultimate goal in the antitrust litigation.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is also chairman of the Antitrust Committee under the U.S. Judicial Council, has always been critical of large technology companies.

Amy hopes to tighten the existing antitrust policies in order to adapt to the development of the times. Amy said in a speech at the American Bar Association that it is very important to put the mandatory resolution on the table as a remedy for major antitrust cases like Google.

Of course, Amy is also very concerned about this antitrust case. Amy even said that waiting for the court to resolve this antitrust issue may take a long time.

Therefore, the U.S. Congress should play an active role in this case. At the same time, the law needs to be updated, because there is currently no other choice but to increase enforcement.

Compulsory separation is already a scary issue for Google, but Amy also said that the antitrust lawsuit against Google might continue to expand.

That is to say, a new lawsuit may be filed against other antitrust issues involving Google. This is the darkest moment for Google. If the lawsuit is lost, it may be split.

Via: CNBC