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Prosecutors Looking at Breakup of Google and Chrome

By Christopher Stern
· · Source: Politico

The Justice Department and state attorneys general are reviewing a possible forced separation of Google from its Chrome browser to address concerns that the search giant is abusing its market power, Politico reported. Such a breakup would be a huge blow to Google which uses data from Chrome and search to power its vast advertising business. Federal and state prosecutors are in the final stages...

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