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Judge unlikely to embrace US government’s push to require Chrome divestiture, experts say

on Nov 25, 2024 | 0 comments

By Kendra Barnett

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. Read full story ›

Source: The Drum