Google has filed a Outlining how the antitrust violations alleged by the Justice Department will be remedied And it will face restrictions that will prevent it from favoring its own search engine in Android. Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia in August that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and Google said in a motion filed Friday night that it disagrees with the decision but suggested ways to make its contracts with browser companies and Android device makers more flexible.
one in Summarizing the filing, Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, wrote that the proposal would allow browser companies like Apple and Mozilla “to continue offering Google Search to their users and earn revenue from that partnership,” while Will allow them to have “multiple defaults”. Agreements on different platforms (for example, a different default search engine for iPhone and iPad) and browsing modes. And browsers will be able to change their default search provider every 12 months. The proposal will also give device manufacturers “additional flexibility to preload multiple search engines and independently preload any Google app in addition to Search or Chrome.”
Google said it plans to appeal the judge’s decision before a hearing in April, and will submit a revised motion on March 7. In a blog post, Mulholland called the DOJ’s proposal “extreme”, and wrote that it reflects an “interventionist agenda” and “goes far beyond what the Court’s decision is really about – distributing discovery.” Our agreements with partners for
