Google has been in hot water recently as multiple organizations around the world have accused it of anticompetitive practices. This has culminated in a trial set for next year where Google will likely be forced to sell off its Chrome browser and change its business practices. Google recently snapped back at the Japanese FTC (Fair Trade Commission) after being sent a cease and desist order.
The FTC repeated claims that Google was restricting fair competition. It has also taken action against Google in the past when it alleged that the search giant was thwarting Yahoo Japan when it came to profiting from targeted search ads.
Google has been taking various measures to counter the accusations being levied against it. It has even proposed splitting search engines on iPhone and iPad as a compromise for the deal it has with Apple. Apple has decided to defend Google regarding this deal which is about keeping Google's search engine the default option on Safari in exchange for large sums of money.