Google presses Trump's DOJ to abandon breakup plans, citing national security

In context: Google was officially declared a monopoly in 2024. The Department of Justice under the Biden Administration was looking for a significant change of course in Google's business. Now, the company is courting Trump's DoJ in an attempt to get a different outcome. Google is trying to convince the Trump administration that breaking up the company could have chilling effects on US national security. Quoting unnamed sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said that Alphabet representatives met with government officials last week, asking for a more lenient approach to Google's alleged monopoly over online search and advertising. The Department of Justice's investigation into Google's business reached a significant milestone in August 2024, when a US judge decided that the company had broken antitrust laws with its search agreements. Biden's DoJ was looking to force Google to sell the Chrome browser and make other strategic changes to its online empire. Mountain View lamented t ... Read full article.