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The US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of

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’s business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporation’s monopoly over the internet search market.

The Department of Justice has

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court papers that say it is considering enforcing “structural remedies” that would prevent

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from using some of its products such as Chrome, Android and Play, which the DoJ argues give the company an advantage over rivals.

Other actions being considered include blocking

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from paying to have its search engine pre-installed on smartphones and other devices.

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, which is owned by Alphabet, said it would challenge any case by the DoJ and that the proposals marked an “overreach” by the government that would harm consumers.

The latest filing comes after a court ruling in August in favour of the DoJ that found

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, which controls 90% of the global search market, had violated antitrust laws and spent billions building up an ******** monopoly. The ruling paved the way for the current lawsuit by the justice department that will rule on potential actions to counteract

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’s market domination.

The filing said

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’s conduct had resulted in “interlocking and pernicious harms” to users, and the importance of restoring competition to a market, which was “indispensable” to Americans, could not be overstated.

The judgment said: “Plaintiffs are considering behavioural and structural remedies that would prevent

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from using products such as Chrome, Play, and Android to advantage

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search and

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search-related products and features – including emerging search access points and features, such as artificial intelligence –over rivals or new entrants.”

The move may also prevent

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from being able to pay major phone companies such as Apple and Samsung for Chrome to be the default browser on their devices. In 2021,

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paid companies $26.3bn to ensure its search engine was the default option in the products.

The filing said: “For more than a decade,

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has controlled the most popular distribution channels, leaving rivals with little to no incentive to compete for users. Fully remedying these harms requires not only ending

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’s control of distribution today, but also ensuring

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cannot control the distribution of tomorrow.”

Lee-Anne Mulholland,

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’s vice-president for regulatory affairs, said the DoJ’s “******** and sweeping” proposals risked hurting consumers, businesses and developers.

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She said: “This case is about a set of search distribution contracts. Rather than focus on that, the government seems to be pursuing a sweeping agenda that will impact numerous industries and products, with significant unintended consequences for consumers, businesses and ********* competitiveness.”

The DoJ is expected to submit a more detailed set of proposals by 20 November, with

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to submit its proposed remedies by 20 December.

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