US seeks Google breakup, Chrome sale

ANTITRUST CASE: DOJ suggests measures to a federal judge to end tech giant's monopoly on online search

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Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures - including possibly selling Android - to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday.

The measures presented by the Department of Justice (DOJ) are part of a landmark case in Washington which has the potential to reshape how users find information.

They would be in place for up to a decade, enforced via a court-appointed committee to remedy what the judge overseeing the case deemed an illegal monopoly in search and related advertising in the US, where Google processes 90 per cent of searches.