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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

One chart perfectly encapsulates why Google might be broken up

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Google might be broken up, and it’s all because of its tight grip over search.

A federal judge ruled last week that “Google is a monopolist,” following a yearslong battle against the company by the Justice Department and state attorneys general. In the aftermath of the judge’s ruling, the Justice Department is exploring remedies that could include breaking up the company, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the deliberations. Google has said it will appeal the ruling.

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