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   Google asks US government to drop breakup plan over national security fears   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:26:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Google doesnt want the US government to force it to sell off Chrome, so its   
   calling it a threat to national security.   
      
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    - Google accused of search and ads market monopolization   
    - The company could have to sell off Chrome and more, but is fighting back   
    - Execs meet with US government to discuss implications   
      
   Google representatives have met with the US government to try and talk the   
   White House out of breaking up the company.    
      
   Reports from Bloomberg claim the company has argued splitting up its   
   businesses could harm the American economy - but also affect national   
   security.    
      
   The US Department of Justice is simultaneously exploring two antitrust cases   
   against Google, concerning both its search market dominance and its online    
   ads business.   
      
   Google says breakup would be bad for national security    
      
   A federal judge ruled Google illegally monopolized the search and advertising   
   markets last year  Statcounter has it that Google accounts for nine in 10   
   online searches, with Bing coming in a very distant second place with just a   
   4% share of the market.    
      
   The most concerning remedy proposed by the DOJ in Googles eyes is for it to   
   sell off the Chrome browser , which accounts for two-thirds of all browser   
   sessions globally (via separate Statcounter figures). Google could also be   
   forced to end its exclusivity deals with the likes of Apple.    
      
   A trial to determine the outcome is scheduled for April 2025, and Google    
   could know where it stands as soon as August, but there is hope for the   
   company thanks to the special timing of these events. The Biden    
   administration had tried to break up Google at the start of the   
   investigations, however new Trump leadership could work in Googles favor.    
      
   Its not the first time that Google has pulled the national security card  in   
   2022, it and key rivals such as Amazon, Apple and Meta had been told to open   
   up their networks to competitors. At the time, Google said such a move could   
   weaken US tech competitiveness against China  a hot topic in todays   
   administration.    
      
    TechRadar Pro has asked Google and the DOJ to offer up-to-date commentary,   
   but we did not receive immediate responses.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-asks-us-government-to-drop-breakup-plan-o   
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