Google proposes altering contracts to correct illegal search monopoly
LA TimesA federal judge will decide on solutions to restore competition after ruling Google maintained an illegal monopoly in online search. Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice and several states proposed solutions to fix what it described as Google’s illegal search monopoly that included forcing the company to sell Chrome. Mozilla said that Google was the default search engine in Firefox in the United States because it “provides the best search experience for our users.” Outside of partnerships with major tech companies, there are other ways Google maintains control over the way people access search engines. The agency also suggested requiring the tech company to display a “choice screen” on every Google browser when a user hasn’t chosen a default search engine so people know there are other options available. Business Federal regulators seek to break up Google, force Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the last decade.