US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

The Washington, D.C. court hearings on Google’s punishment are scheduled to begin in April and the judge is aiming to issue his final decision before Labor Day.

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — 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.

The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from

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