Google Chrome in focus as feds mull company’s break-up: Report

San Francisco: US federal and state prosecutors probing alleged antitrust violations by Google are considering whether to force the search engine giant to sell its much-prized Chrome browser as well as some parts of its advertising business, according to a report in Politico.

Prosecutors have sought views of different groups of people including advertising tech experts, media publishers and the company’s rivals in industry for potential steps to reduce Google’s control over the $162.3 billion global market for digital advertising, said the report, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.