Divest Chrome, ban Google from browser market for five years, US DOJ says
By Khushita Vasant ( November 21, 2024, 15:10 GMT | Insight) -- Google should divest Chrome and be made to keep away from the browser market for the next five years, the US Department of Justice told a US federal court today while seeking further “contingent” structural relief through the forced sale of the Android mobile operating system. “Google must promptly and fully divest Chrome” to a buyer approved by the government in its sole discretion, the DOJ and a Colorado-led multistate coalition said in a 12-page executive summary outlining their final proposal to remedy the tech giant’s illegal monopoly in Internet-search markets.Google should divest Chrome and be made to keep away from the browser market for the next five years, the US Department of Justice told a US federal court today while seeking further “contingent” structural relief through the forced sale of the Android mobile operating system....
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