Summary

  • The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) revised proposal would see Google broken up and made to sell off its Google Chrome browser and potentially its Android operating system.
  • The proposal has been made in response to Judge Amit Mehta’s finding that Google is a monopolist.
  • The DOJ is calling for the breakup in order to increase competition in the marketplace and give consumers more choice.
  • Google has suggested its own remedy to the anti-trust issue, which doesn’t involve breaking up the company, instead it proposes the court places restrictions on its business deals.
  • Both proposals will be debated in April at a hearing.

By Wes Davis

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