The US Department of Justice is reportedly planning to ask a federal judge to force Google's parent company, Alphabet, to sell off its Chrome internet browser, potentially marking one of the biggest tech industry crackdowns in the US in decades.
On August 5, US District Judge Amit Mehta, Washington, DC, ruled that Google violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly as the world's default search engine on smartphones, computers, and tablets. The ruling paved the way for antitrust enforcers to submit a 32-page document about potential remedies for the judge to consider.
Now, Bloomberg reports, citing sources, that top DoJ antitrust officials plan to ask Juge Mehta to consider one of Google's top remedies: selling off its Chrome browser unit.
Here's more from the report:
Antitrust officials, along with states that have joined the case, also plan to recommend Wednesday that federal judge Amit Mehta impose data licensing requirements, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter.