Google may ban IAC's Chrome extensions over 'deceptive' practices

guest · Dec 6, 2020

Google may ban IAC's Chrome extensions over 'deceptive' practices
IAC claims Google is being anti-competitive
December 6, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/google-may-ban-iac-chrome-extensions-194738382.html

Chrome extensions don’t normally create much drama, but one company’s add-ons appear to be stirring up plenty of trouble. The Wall Street Journal has learned that Google is considering “severe penalties” against internet giant IAC (InterActive Corp) over allegedly deceptive practices in its Chrome extensions.

The browser extras reportedly promise features that never materialize, point users toward additional ads, or even trick users into installing them.
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A Google audit reportedly found that some of IAC’s voting ads not only didn’t take users to voter info, but installed the Ask.com toolbar and changed users’ default home pages. IAC kept running those ads even after Google told the company to stop.
The full range of potential punishments isn’t clear, but Google is considering banning them, according to WSJ sources and leaked documents
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IAC’s Valerie Combs, however, accused Google of being anti-competitive.
IAC owns the MyWay search engine, although the site uses ads and results from Google.
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guest · Dec 6, 2020

Google removes some IAC browser extensions for 'policy violations'
December 6, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...xtensions-for-policy-violations-idUSKBN28G0TR

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Sunday it has removed a number of browser extensions of online conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp for “policy violations” and is reviewing “enforcement options.”

“We continue to have conversations with IAC related to Chrome Web Store policies and we have already removed a number of their extensions for violating our policies”, a Google spokesman said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Google was deciding whether to impose severe penalties on IAC over what Google concluded were “deceptive marketing practices”.
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In the statement to Reuters, Google’s spokesman did not specify which precise policies it felt were violated by IAC and did not mention what exact options it was considering.
An IAC spokeswoman disputed that the extensions violated Google policies.

“Google has taken hundreds of millions of dollars from us to advertise and distribute these products in the Chrome Store,” she told Reuters in an emailed statement.
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The IAC spokeswoman said Google had approved its extensions in the Chrome Store for years as part of the companies’ partnership agreement.
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