US EditionSundar Pichai says DOJ demands are a “de facto” spin-off of Google search
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified on April 30, 2025, in Washington, DC, defending the company against Justice Department demands to share its search data and spin off assets.
- The DOJ aims to enhance competition by compelling Google to provide rivals access to key search data and by requiring the company to separate its Chrome browser, contending that Google preserved its monopoly through exclusive agreements that made its search engine the default on various devices.
- Pichai argued that these remedies are extraordinary, amounting to a de facto divestiture that would allow competitors to reverse engineer Google’s search technology and endanger future innovation.
- Pichai expressed that the combined regulatory measures would render continuing Google’s traditional level of research and development funding impractical, raising concerns about the future of innovation at the company.
- The trial outcome, expected by August 2025 with likely appeals, could reshape online search competition and affect Google’s dominance amid growing AI integration in search services.
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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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