联邦官员考虑在反垄断裁决后拆分谷歌

币界网Pubblicato 2024-08-14Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-14

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在最近法院对违反反垄断法的行为作出裁决后,联邦官员目前正在评估是否建议拆分谷歌的部分业务。司法部表示,将于下周向阿米特·梅塔法官提交提案,梅塔法官今年早些时候裁定谷歌不公平地垄断了互联网搜索市场。

Mehta法官最近作出的一项裁决称,谷歌从事反竞争行为是非法的,包括通过确保公司为谷歌搜索引擎做广告的协议付款。

司法部探讨了解决竞争问题的各种补救措施

司法部可能会对投诉中提出的反垄断问题提出几种补救措施。据消息人士透露,这包括迫使谷歌与其他公司共享其数据。另一项行动可能是限制为谷歌与苹果等科技公司签订的特殊合同寻求法律解决方案,以将谷歌搜索引擎纳入其技术。这些协议帮助谷歌继续垄断全球大部分搜索引擎市场。

此外,司法部可能会提出措施,避免谷歌在人工智能领域形成主导地位。法院还指出,谷歌在通过谷歌广告(前身为AdWords)销售的搜索广告中占据主导地位。该平台在很大程度上为谷歌的收入做出了贡献,强调了该公司在数字广告领域的主导地位。

司法部继续权衡各种选择,而谷歌则为其立场辩护

美国司法部和谷歌都被要求在9月4日前提供消除权力不平衡的拟议战略。下一次听证会将于9月6日举行,在此期间,梅赫塔法官将审议双方提出的建议,并就此案作出进一步决定。司法部一名官员指出,这些建议尚未得到指导,也没有定论。

然而,谷歌的法律团队提出了一种解释,即该公司的成功不是垄断的结果,而是提供优质产品的结果。他们还认为,这种比较应该扩大到亚马逊等其他搜索巨头,亚马逊也从网络流量中获益。

司法部的决定最终必须得到梅塔法官的批准。如果分拆成功,这将是几十年来针对美国科技公司的最大执法行动之一。裁决后,Alphabet的股价下跌了2.5%,但设法小幅反弹。谷歌表示将对Mehta的判决提出上诉。

与此同时,OpenAI最近推出了一个名为SearchGPT的新的人工智能搜索平台,专注于实时会话搜索,许多人猜测该平台将成为谷歌在互联网搜索市场上的主要竞争对手。

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