Google CEO Sundar Pichai cautions against regulating big tech just ‘for the sake of it’

Google’s Indian-American CEO Sundar Pichai has said that it is “perfectly fine” for big companies to be scrutinised but cautioned against doing it just “for the sake regulating” them amid reports that the US is initiating an anti-trust violations probe against the internet giant. Pichai made the comments for the first time after reports emerged earlier this month that Google’s search business and advertising practices may come under scrutiny during the potential anti-trust violations probe by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

The DOJ and Federal Trade Commission are said to be dividing up responsibility for oversight of Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon to probe their market dominance.

Pichai told CNN Business on Friday that it’s “perfectly fine” for companies like Google to be scrutinised when they get big enough.