The US Department of Justice's top antitrust officials will ask a judge to enforce the sale of the Chrome browser, reports Bloomberg. This follows a major ruling in August that found Google had acted illegally to stifle competition and retain its monopoly on online search and advertising.
Antitrust officials, alongside several US states that have joined the case, will ask federal judge Amit Mehta to order Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, to sell off Chrome, with markets already scrambling to work out what the browser may be worth. In addition to this, the DOJ is said to be seeking further measures relating to Google's Android OS, AI technologies, and data licensing (ie, allowing third parties and advertisers to access Google's own search engine data).
