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Google’s dominance in the tech industry faces its most significant challenge yet, as the US Department of Justice contemplates a groundbreaking antitrust breakup following a ruling that the company illegally monopolized the search market.
Google Faces Antitrust Scrutiny
Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that following a judge's ruling that Alphabet's Google illegally monopolized the online search industry, the U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly exploring alternatives that might involve breaking up the tech behemoth.
During the extended trading session, the securities of the corporation situated in California had a decline of 1.4%.
The court found Google guilty of breaking antitrust laws by illegally creating a monopoly and becoming the default search engine for the entire world and handed down its ruling last week. For government officials challenging Big Tech's market dominance, the verdict represents a major victory.
US DOJ Weighs Google Breakup
According to the article, which cites sources familiar with the situation, the DOJ might also take steps to ensure that Google does not obtain an unfair advantage in artificial intelligence products or compel the company to share data with its rivals.
Based on the report, one of the solutions that was mentioned the most frequently by attorneys working for the Justice Department was the elimination of the Android operating system.
Google’s Monopoly Faces Antitrust Threat
The article also stated that Google officials were contemplating attempting to compel the sale of AdWords, the search ad program, as well as the divestiture of the Chrome web browser.
In the past four years, federal antitrust officials have filed lawsuits against Apple, Amazon.com, and Meta Platforms, alleging that these corporations improperly maintained monopolies in their respective markets.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) had reached a settlement with Microsoft in 2004 regarding allegations that the company had imposed its Internet Explorer web browser on Windows customers.
Reuters' attempts for comment were not immediately met with a response from either Alphabet or the Department of Justice.
