It comes after a U.S. judge found Google guilty of holding a monopoly in general search.

In a new 32-page filing (PDF), the Department of Justice indicated that it was considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy for its search and advertising monopoly. The remedies necessary to "prevent and restrain monopoly maintenance could include contract requirements and prohibi...

The Department of Justice late Tuesday indicated that it was considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy.

The measures could include "structural requirements” to stop firm from dominating the internet searches.

NEW YORK: The US said on Tuesday (Oct 8) it may ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google to divest parts of its business, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating system, that it says are used to maintain an illegal monopoly in online search. In a landmark case, a judge found in August that Google, w

NEW YORK : The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to outline on Tuesday what kind of actions Alphabet's Google could be ordered to take to restore competition in online search, potentially including a breakup of the Big Tech company.After a federal court in August ruled Google controls an illegal mono

The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge it is considering recommending that Google LLC be forced to sell off parts of its operations to alleviate the harm caused by its monopolization of the online search market, in what would be a historic antitrust breakup.