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Department of Justice confirms that it wants Google to sell off Chrome

The Justice Department has released a document that calls for the breakup of Google, including a sale of Chrome and restrictions on Android.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has released a 23-page document calling for the breakup of Google, including a sale of the Chrome web browser and restrictions on Android, confirming previous reports. All of this started back in 2020, when the DoJ and multiple states filed a lawsuit arguing that Google paid billions to device manufacturers to secure default status for its search engine. Then in August this year, federal judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google " is a monopolist" in the industry and used its power to charge "supracompetitive prices for general search text ads."

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