Google threatened with break-up by US

The US Government considers whether Google should spin off the Android operating system and Chrome browser.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been considering so-called remedies since a landmark court ruling in August which found Google illegally crushed its competition in online search.

If the DOJ pushes ahead with the proposed remedies - and they are accepted by the judge in the case - it would represent arguably the biggest regulatory intervention in the history of big tech.

Google has pushed back hard against the proposals, describing them as "radical" and "sweeping" and claiming they "risk hurting consumers, businesses, and developers."

Google has become the go-to search engine for nearly every internet user in the world, accounting for about 90% of all online searches.

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