Google faces trial in US bid to end search monopoly

US department of justice and coalition of 38 state attorneys-general have proposed far-reaching measures designed to quickly open the search market

22 April 2025 - 04:30 By Jody Godoy

Alphabet's Google faces a historic trial on Monday as US antitrust enforcers in Washington seek to force the tech giant to sell off its Chrome browser as part of a bid to restore competition to the market for online search engines...

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