<ul><li>The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has submitted a court filing to break up Alphabet’s Google search business on the grounds that its other consumer businesses give it an unfair advantage.</li><li>The DOJ is considering remedies that would prevent Google from using products such as Chrome, Play, and Android to advantage Google search and related products over rivals.</li><li>The DoJ accuses Google of making its search engine the default on smartphones and web browsers through illegal distribution agreements.</li><li>The European Union has also been pursuing a breakup of Google since 2023 over data privacy breaches.</li></ul>

The US government wants to break up Google over monopoly concerns – and Chrome and Android are on the chopping block

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