US Department of Justice gunning for Google over monopoly on online searches

Google could be the target of federal prosecutors in the US over antitrust violation allegations.

Per the AFR, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is “considering behavioural and structural remedies” regarding Google and its parent company, Alphabet, for dominating online searches.

This could see Google’s online search supremacy pulled back and prevented from using engines like Chrome Browser and the Play app store.

“For more than a decade, Google has controlled the most popular distribution channels, leaving rivals with little-to-no incentive to compete for users,” the DoJ said in a statement this week.

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