DOJ Mulls Google Breakup Push After Landmark Antitrust Win (1)
Antitrust enforcers soliciting input from outside companies
Judge ruled Alphabet unit monopolized online search, ads
A rare bid to break up Alphabet Inc.’s Google is one of the options being considered by theJustice Department after a landmark court ruling found that the company monopolized the online search market, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations.
The move would be Washington’s first push to dismantle a company for illegal monopolization since unsuccessful efforts to break up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago. Less severe options include forcing Google to share more data with competitors and measures to prevent it from gaining an unfair advantage in AI products, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations.
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