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DOJ wants to force Google Chrome sale, Android de-bundling

Cutting off Google’s control of the world’s most popular browser may be necessary.

Preferred by 61 percent of Internet users, Google's Chrome browser plays too big a role in maintaining the tech giant's search monopoly, the US Department of Justice has reportedly decided. The search company's vice president of regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, told Bloomberg that the DOJ "continues to push a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case." In a statement, Adam Kovacevich, the founder and CEO of a trade group representing Google and other Big Tech companies called Chamber of Progress, noted that the DOJ could risk losing the appeal if the court finds the recommended remedies are too "broad."

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