Washington | San Francisco | The US government is considering asking a district judge to break up Google for its antitrust violations in online search, in what would mark federal prosecutors’ boldest effort yet to rein in one of the world’s most powerful tech companies.

The US Department of Justice is “considering behavioural and structural remedies” that would prevent Google from using products such as the Chrome browser, Play app store and Android operating system to give its search engine an edge over competitors or new entrants, according to a court document filed on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT).

Financial Times