Google removes few IAC extensions for “Policy Violations”

The parent company Alphabet Google exclaimed that it has removes a certain number of browser extensions from its online conglomerate IAC/Interactive for “Policy Violations” and is reviewing “enforcement options”.

Google spokesman said that they are having conversation with IAC related to Chrome Web policies and have already removed a number of their extensions for violating their policies. Alphabet Google is also reviewing the rest of the extension applications and their enforcement options which they might have, however they have not made a stir decision regarding IAC’s status on the store.

An IAC spokeswoman disputed that the extensions violated Google policies and has taken hundreds of millions of dollars from the Alphabet Google to advertise and distribute these products in the Chrome Store. Google has misled the users about its browser extensions and the alphabet unit could go as far as banning those products from its Chrome Browser. Policies violated by IAC did not mention what exactly were the options that were being considered.

Google has not yet acted on the internal recommendations of its Chrome trust and safety team regarding IAC in part because the two are rivals in same categories and because Google executives are concerned penalties, it can be viewed as anti-competitive, the partnership agreement. IAC spokesperson told Google had approved its extension in the Chrome Store for years as a part of the company’s partnership agreement stating “Google exercises significant control over what we deliver in the given partnership”.

“There’s nothing new here - Google has used their position to reduce our browser business to the last small corner of the internet, which they’re now seeking to quash,” the statement added. Google’s investigators found that IAC’s browser extensions often promise functions they do not deliver and steer users toward extra ads, the WSJ reported, citing sources and documents.