The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Google to sell Chrome through the courts

The U.S. Department of Justice through the court demanded that the Google-owned Alphabet Corporation sell the Chrome browser to fight its monopoly in the field of online search. Reuters reported on November 21.

"Google's unlawful conduct has deprived competitors not only of critical sales channels, but also of channel partners who could otherwise ensure that competitors enter these markets in new and innovative ways," reads the text of the lawsuit, which reached the court the day before.

It is also proposed to prohibit Google from re-entering the browser market for five years, buying competitors and entering into contracts to install the default search engine on mobile devices. In addition, there is talk of a possible future sale of the Android operating system and plans to oblige Google to share data with competitors.

Representatives of Google considered such requirements a violation of the authority of the Ministry of Justice and expressed the opinion that their implementation will cause serious damage.

Earlier, on November 19, the Bloomberg news agency reported citing sources that U.S. Justice Department officials are asking the court to force Google to sell the Chrome browser.

In early August, the District Court of Washington ruled that Google acted as a monopolist in the market of Internet search engines, violating U.S. law. After that, it became known that the Ministry of Justice was considering splitting the company. Chrome and Android were then named as the most likely assets to be seized.