DOJ Pushes Google to Divest Chrome In Most Antitrust Case Since Its 2001 Microsoft Case

The Department of Justice urges Google to divest its Chrome browser, citing its role in maintaining its search market monopoly. The DOJ argues that this move would promote fair competition by limiting Google's control over a key access point to the internet. The DOJ’s proposed remedies, detailed in a Wednesday filing, include prohibiting Google from entering into exclusionary agreements with third parties and barring preferential treatment for its search service within its other products. The DOJ's actions represent the most assertive antitrust push since its case against Microsoft in 2001.