In April, a court judge will decide what action will be taken after ruling that Google had an illegal monopoly.
The US Justice Department on Friday stepped up its efforts to force Google to sell its Chrome browser following a court ruling last August that found the company guilty of monopoly.
The agency appeared in federal court in Washington, DC, on March 7, where it reiterated its November proposal to break up Google by selling the world’s most popular browser, The Washington Post reported.
The Justice Department insisted in its request to the court that “Google must divest itself of the Chrome browser, a major search access point, to provide an opportunity for a new rival to operate an important gateway for searching the Internet,” the aforementioned media outlet noted.
Keeping in line with the Justice Department under President Joe Biden’s administration is the first major step for the antitrust division under Donald Trump, and comes even before the division’s new head, Gail Slater, has been confirmed by the Senate, the paper notes.
In August last year, a federal judge ruled that the company had violated antitrust law in the online search engine market, in the first major lawsuit of its kind against the internet giant.
District of Columbia District Court Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled that Google had an illegal monopoly, is expected to decide on the final measures in April. Google spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment, The Washington Post also noted.