US Justice Department to Google: Sell one of your most profitable product and the world’s most-popular browser, Chrome

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has asked a federal judge to break up Google, forcing the company to sell its most popular browser – Chrome to restore fair competition in the online search market. The department has filed a 23-page document calling for sweeping corrective measures, including data sharing and providing search results access to competitors, reports AP. The proposal also seeks to impose restrictions on Google designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from favoring its search engine.
The efforts to break up Google echo a similar penalty imposed on Microsoft 25 years ago after an antitrust trial, where a federal judge ruled that the software giant had unlawfully used its Windows operating system to suppress competition.