by Lucas Nolan at Breitbart
The DOJ has decided it will ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser as a result of the government’s successful antitrust case against the internet giant’s monopolistic actions in its search business according to a new report by Bloomberg.
Bloomberg reports that top antitrust officials at the U.S. Department of Justice have determined they will seek to compel Google to divest its popular Chrome web browser. The move comes as part of the ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Google, in which a federal judge ruled in August that the tech giant illegally monopolized the online search market.
Bloomberg claims that according people familiar with the DOJ’s plans, antitrust enforcers will also recommend that the judge impose additional measures related to Google’s AI products and Android smartphone operating system. This could include forcing Google to license search data and results to competitors, give websites more ability to prevent their content from being used by Google’s AI, and decoupling Android from Google’s other services like search and the Play Store.
Owning the dominant Chrome browser is seen as crucial to…
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