The United States Department of Justice has announced potential plans to request a court mandate directing Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, to divest significant segments of its operations, including its Chrome browser and Android operating system.
This move aims to dismantle what is described as an illegal monopoly held by Google in the online search sector. A judge had previously concluded in August that Google, which handles 90 percent of internet searches in the U.S., had established this monopoly unlawfully.
The Justice Department has outlined remedies that could dramatically alter the landscape of how information is accessed on the internet by Americans, potentially diminishing Google’s revenue and enabling competitors to expand. These proposed remedies are designed to prevent Google’s historical dominance from expanding into emerging sectors like artificial intelligence. (Related: Trump tells supporters he plans to prosecute Google for rigging election information in favor of Kamala.)
The world’s fourth-largest company with a market capitalization of over $2 trillion, Alphabet is under mounting legal pressure from competitors and antitrust authorities.
The department emphasized that effectively addressing the harm caused necessitates “not only ending Google’s control of distribution but also ensuring Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow.” […]
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