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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Mark Sweney

SHOCKING: Us justice department plans to push google to sell off chrome browser - You Need To See This

Chrome browser app on a mobile
Google’s Chrome browser. The company controls 90% of the global online search market. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

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 was considering enforcing “structural remedies” to prevent Google from using some its products.

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