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US considers breaking up Google after illegal monopoly ruling, reports say (www.theguardian.com)

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A week after a judge ruled that Alphabet’s Google illegally monopolized the online search market, the US Department of Justice is considering options that include breaking up the tech giant, worth some $2tn, according to reports from the New York Times and Bloomberg News.

Divesting the Android operating system was one of the remedies most frequently discussed by justice department attorneys, the reports said.

Officials were also considering trying to force a possible sale of AdWords, Google’s search ad program, and a possible divestment of its Chrome web browser, according to the reports.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The founding fathers, in their infinite wisdom, designed the three branches of the government of the United States of America to have a series of checks and balances to protect their fragile republic from threats such as this. Now we all get to see it in action:

The Judicial branch has ruled that Google is an illegal monopoly and should be broken up, but it doesn't have the power to do so directly, it has to advise the Legislative and Executive branches to do it. However, the 4th and 5th branches of government - the CIA and the Lobbies - both want Google to remain intact. The CIA finds Google's tech dominance extremely useful, and the Lobbies' patrons make a lot of money from it.

So, the Judicial branch advises the Legislative and Executive branches what they should do, but before they do anything the CIA and the Lobbies review the advice and then tell the Legislative and Executive branches what they will do, which in this case will probably be some massive (small for Google) fines.

See? Checks and balances! The different moving parts all working together to ensure that the Government serves the people it was created to serve.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

the CIA, NSA, and other ALPHABET agencies created and basically run Google.. i can't imagine this going far

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