A breakup of Alphabet Inc’s Google is one option the Justice Department is considering after a landmark court ruling that the company monopolized the online search market, according to people familiar with the matter.
The move would be the first attempt by Washington to break up a company for an illegal monopoly since a failed effort to break up Microsoft Corp two decades ago.
Less drastic options include forcing Google to share more data with rivals and measures to prevent it from gaining an unfair advantage in artificial intelligence products, sources said.
The units most likely to be shed are the Android operating system and the Chrome web browser, they said.
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