Google Faces Trial in US Bid to End Search Monopoly

ALPHABET'S GOOGLE FACES a historic trial on Monday as US antitrust enforcers in Washington seek to force the tech giant to sell off its Chrome browser as part of a bid to restore competition to the market for online search engines.

- REUTERS

The outcome of the trial could fundamentally reshape the internet by unseating Google as the go-to portal for information online.

The US Department of Justice hopes it will prevent Google's dominance from extending to artificial intelligence.

DOJ attorney David Dahlquist said during his opening statement that DOJ officials were present in the courtroom to show that the case, started under Trump and carried forward under Biden, has "the full support of the DOJ both past and present."

Google plans to appeal the final ruling in the case.