Sundar Pichai says DOJ demands are a “de facto” spin-off of Google search
- Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai testified on April 30, 2025, in federal court in Washington to defend Google against DOJ demands to share search data and spin off assets.
- The DOJ argues that Google maintains a monopoly on search and seeks remedies including sharing its search index, ending default search deals, and divesting Chrome to increase competition.
- Pichai called the demands extraordinary, stating they would force a de facto divestiture of Google's core search intellectual property and make continued investment in search technology unviable.
- He warned the proposed data sharing would allow rivals to reverse engineer Google's search technology and argued the remedies risk ending decades of innovation in AI-enhanced search.
- The case outcome could reshape the internet, potentially reducing Google's dominance, but Google plans to appeal and the final decision is expected by August 2025.
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DOJ Pressures Google to Adopt ‘Sharing is Caring’ Data Ethos
What’s Google without search? The world may soon find out. At least, so says CEO Sundar Pichai. While testifying in Google’s search monopoly remedies trial on Wednesday, he likened the US Department of Justice’s proposal that the company share or license search data with rivals to a de facto divesture of its search engine. True or not, it would be the continuation of a global regulatory push against the Big Tech titan. Sharing is Caring To Goog…
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