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527 US Regulators Seek To Break Up Google, Forcing Chrome Sale

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 11/21/2024 00:00 EDT

US Regulators Seek To Break Up Google, Forcing Chrome Sale

In a 23-page document (PDF) filed late Wednesday, U.S. regulators asked a federal judge to break up Google after a court found the tech giant of maintaining an abusive monopoly through its dominant search engine. As punishment, the DOJ calls for a sale of Google's Chrome browser and restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine. The Associated Press reports: Although regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android too, they asserted the judge should make it clear the company.

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