US mulls breaking up Google after antitrust ruling

'Google is a monopolist,' a US court ruled earlier this month

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US mulls breaking up Google after antitrust ruling
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US mulls breaking up Google after antitrust ruling

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is actively exploring the possibility of breaking up Google as a potential remedy for the search giant's illegal monopoly on online search.

The move follows a landmark antitrust ruling last week that found Google guilty of anticompetitive behaviour. Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google, owned by Alphabet, illegally maintained a monopo...

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