Google CEO Sundar Pichai, taking the stand on Wednesday (April 30) in the antitrust trial, argued that a proposal by the US Department of Justice to mandate the sharing of Google’s search data with competitors will effectively amount to a “de facto” divestiture of the company’s core search engine.

Sundar Pichai testified in the remedies trial that will determine which penalties Google will face for monopolizing the search engine market, calling the DOJ's proposals a "de facto divestiture" of the company's tech.