Google has denied a European Commission request to break itself up after the body decided the tech giant is too big.
While Google did attempt to compromise, none of its formal response to the commission outlines any breakup of the business. The changes are limited to the company’s product and technical realms.
The company suggested its response is adequate, but without any elements of a “disruptive break-up.”
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“Our proposal fully addresses the EC’s decision without a disruptive break-up that would harm the thousands of European publishers and advertisers,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement.
The European Union’s regulatory body fined Google €2.95 billion in September for breaching the EU’s antitrust rules, according to Politico. The commission ruled that Google had 60 days to tell them how
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