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The US could break up Google following search antitrust monopoly ruling


The situation progresses and the DOJ has a few options in mind.

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Earlier in August, a landmark ruling was brought down upon Google by Judge Amit P. Mehta who found that the company acted "illegally" to maintain a monopoly in search. Mehta stated Google enacted "shrewd business decisions" to obtain and retain the top spot on search over the competition. Elsewhere, the idea of Google seemingly paying Apple a substantial amount of money to become its default search engine was a topic discussed in 2021.

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