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In a landmark decision in August, a federal judge ruled that Google operates an illegal monopoly via its search business. The Justice Department is proposing a forced sale of Chrome to remedy the issue. But experts believe a different outcome is more likely.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday proposed what would constitute a historic breakup of Google, calling for the divestiture of its Chrome browser and potentially its Android operating system, to remedy what has been deemed an illegal monopoly in online search.
The filing was made three and a half months after federal Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that Google’s search business violates US competition law through exclusionary practices.
“Restoring competition to the markets for general search and search text advertising as they exist today will require reactivating the competitive process that Google has long stifled: The remedy must enable and encourage the development of an unfettered search ecosystem that induces entry, competition, and innovation as rivals vie …
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