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Google Faces Historic Breakup
A three-week trial began today that could force Google to sell off its Chrome browser, among other remedies for its illegal monopolization.
On Monday, the remedy phase began of a trial that found that Google illegally muscled out competition in search by purchasing default space on devices and browsers. “This is the time to tell Google and all other monopolists watching—and they are watching—that there are consequences when you break the antitrust laws,” said David Dahlquist, the attorney representing the Justice Department, in opening arguments. In addition, the special deals that allowed Google to pay billions of dollars for default placement would need to end, though DOJ insisted that the remedy could not stop at merely a choice screen, where users get to decide at the outset of using a new device or browser what search engine they want to use.
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