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US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser
Authorities seek to dismantle monopoly on search market and also want action related to AI and Android
US justice department officials plan to ask a judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser to dismantle the monopoly it has over the internet search market, in a major intervention against one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Competition officials, along with a number of US states that have joined the case against the Silicon Valley company, also plan to recommend that the federal judge Amit Mehta imposes data licensing requirements. “We know fair, open and effective competition unlocks opportunities for investment and supports innovation in important markets like these, and it’s through merger reviews that we can appropriately assess the nature and impact of complex partnerships such as the one between Google and Anthropic.”
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