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.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) last month filed court papers saying it is considering enforcing “structural remedies” to prevent Google from using some its products.
The DoJ will reportedly push for Google, which is owned by Alphabet, to sell the browser and also ask a judge to require new measures related to artificial intelligence as well as its Android smartphone operating system, according to Bloomberg.
Further, competition officials, along with a number of US states that have joined the case against the Silicon Valley company, plan to recommend that federal judge Amit Mehta impose data licensing requirements.
