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US DOJ seeks Chrome divestiture in final Google remedy proposal

( March 7, 2025, 23:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and a Colorado-led coalition of states filed their final remedy proposal in the Internet search monopolization lawsuit against Google, in which they are still seeking the divestiture of the Chrome browser and the contingent forced sale of the Android operating system. In a filing in Washington DC federal court, the government said the revised final proposal "maintains the core components of the initial proposal, namely the prohibition on search-related payments to distribution partners that have effectively frozen the ecosystem for over a decade, raised insurmountable barriers to new entry, and created a system dependent on Google’s monopoly payments." However, they are no longer advocating for a specific remedy that bans Google from owning or acquiring any investment in any search or search text ad rival, search distributor, or rival query-based AI product. Statement follows below. See attached file....

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