In a 23-page document (PDF) filed late Wednesday, U.S. regulators asked a federal judge to break up Google after a court found the tech giant of maintaining an abusive monopoly through its dominant search engine. As punishment, the DOJ calls for a sale of Google's Chrome browser and restrictions to ...

Moves would be part of monopoly punishment

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through Chrome.

The broad scope of recommended penalties underscores how severely officials believe Google should be punished following a ruling that branded the company as a monopolist.

The recommended penalties underscore how severely regulators operating under President Joe Biden believe Google should be punished following an August ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta that ...

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.