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The U.S. Department of Justice is considering splitting up Google

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering splitting up Google

Google’s parent company Alphabet may have to split its business into different companies, according to sources who spoke to Bloomberg. The U.S. Department of Justice plans to separate Android and Chrome from Google. There’s also talk that AdWords should also become independent.

There’s also talk that AdWords should become independent.

These are the toughest proposals being discussed, but there are softer measures aimed at preventing Google’s monopoly, including forcing the company to provide more data to competitors.

These are the toughest proposals being discussed, but there are also softer measures aimed at preventing Google’s monopoly, including forcing the company to provide more data to competitors.

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The U.S. Justice Department’s negotiations intensified after ruling that Google had illegally monopolized the search engine market. The company then paid more than $2.5 billion to companies such as Apple and Samsung to market its online search and search text ads. The judge’s ruling was historic because it was the first time an American company had been found guilty by a U.S. court in 40 years.

The ruling was the first time Google had been found guilty by a U.S. court in 40 years.

The last time something similar happened was in the early 1980s, when AT&T was found to be gaining an illegal advantage over rivals in the fixed-line telephone industry. In 1984, it was ordered to split its services between different companies.

At&T was ordered to split its services between different companies.

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