Google is facing the threat of being broken up as the US government weighs up how to tackle its monopoly in online search.
In a court document filed overnight, the US Department of Justice suggests it could seek "structural remedies" such as forced product sales – to prevent Google using its Chrome browser, Android operating system and Play app store to unfairly dominate the search market. Other, less radical, options are also under consideration, though.
Introducing their case, the DoJ said: "Google’s anticompetitive conduct resulted in interlocking and pernicious harms that present unprecedented complexities in a highly evolving set of markets.
"These markets are indispensable to the lives of all Americans, whether as individuals or as business owners, and the importance of effectively unfettering these markets and restoring competition cannot be overstated."
The DoJ’s “proposed remedy framework” comes a month after a US judge ruled that Google had violated antitrust law and created an illegal monopoly. The case centred on Google’s use of exclusive agreements with device makers such as Apple and Samsung, in which it paid billions of dollars to make sure that its product was the default search engine on their phones and tablets.
The justice department is expected to file a more detailed proposal with the court by 20 November, Reuters reports, while Google will have a chance to propose its own remedies by 20 December.
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