In a significant antitrust attack on the internet behemoth, the US government requested a judge late Wednesday to force the sale of Google’s popular Chrome browser, thereby destroying the company.
The US Department of Justice called for a reorganization of Google’s operations in a court petition, which included prohibiting agreements that would make Google the default search engine on cellphones and stopping it from taking advantage of its Android mobile operating system.
In the filing, antitrust investigators stated that if the suggested remedies don’t stop the tech giant from taking advantage of its monopoly over the mobile operating system, Google should also be forced to sell Android.
Google president of global relations Kent Walker responded to the accusations that justice officials “chosen to push a radical interventionist agenda.”
