US prosecutors have demanded the breakup of Google. What happens next?

The chips are down. In the biggest antitrust trial of this century, US federal prosecutors have filed their demands for Google, including for the tech giant to sell its ubiquitous Chrome browser. It comes after the judge Amit Mehta ruled in August that Google had maintained an illegal monopoly in online search. Why would selling Chrome be a big deal, what other demands is the Department of Justice making, and how might all this change the internet? Find out in this edition of Tech 24.

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