Google Urges Trump DOJ to Drop Firm's Breakup Push

Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump's Justice Department to back away from a push to break up the search engine firm, citing national security concerns, according to people familiar with the discussions.

- Bloomberg

Representatives for the Alphabet Inc. unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the U.S. looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations.

The Biden administration in November had called for Google to sell its Chrome web browser and make other changes to its business, including an end to billions of dollars in exclusivity payments to firms including Apple Inc.