Google Could Be Forced To Sell Chrome Over Search Monopoly Claims

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U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.
Hürriyet Daily News
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The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice calls for sweeping punishments that would include a sale of Google's industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine.
Voice Of America
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In August this year, internet behemoth Alphabet lost the biggest antitrust challenge it has ever faced when a US judge found that its subsidiary Google illegally monopolized the search market.
Deutsche Welle
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Chrome, which Google launched in 2008, provides the search giant with data it then uses for targeting ads.
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