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Google avoids a breakup

A federal judge declined to order the search giant to sell off its Chrome browser, as sought by the DOJ.

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U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Tuesday barred Google from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize its search engine, browser or artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot after finding last year that the tech giant had maintained an illegal monopoly over online search.

However, Mehta did not require Google to sell its Chrome browser, as the government had requested.

“The Chrome default undoubtedly contributes to Google’s dominance in general search,” Mehta wrote. However, he added, “the complete divestiture of Chrome is a poor fit for this case.”

The judge found that the Department of Justice (DOJ) failed t

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