Breaking up big tech: US wants to separate Android, Play, and Chrome from G

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• The US Department of Justice has begun proposing solutions to correct Google’s position as a monopoly.
• The proposed solutions include breaking away Android, Chrome and Play away from Google.

Google was recently adjudged a “monopolist” by a US District Court for violating US antitrust laws in its attempts to stay as the default search engine on devices and web browsers. Consequent to this decision, the US Department of Justice is chalking up plans to correct the anticompetitive behavior, and their proposed solutions include breaking Android, Chrome, and Google Play away from Google.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has submitted a new “Proposed Remedy Framework” to correct Google’s violation of antitrust antitrust laws in the country (h/t Mishaal Rahman). This framework seeks to remedy the harm caused by Google’s search distribution and revenue sharing, generation and display for search results, advertising scale and monetization, and accumulation and use of data.




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