US considers breaking up Google after illegal monopoly ruling, reports say

A week after a judge ruled the tech giant illegally monopolized the online search market, the US Department of Justice is considering options that include breaking up Alphabet’s Google, 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, an ...