The US Department of Justice intends to force Google to sell Chrome

The US Department of Justice plans to require Google to sell its Chrome browser to weaken the corporation’s dominance in the online advertising market, Bloomberg reports.

Today, Google Chrome controls 65% of the global browser market. Apple’s Safari comes in second with 21%. Chrome is Google’s key asset for collecting user data and selling online advertising.

The Ministry of Justice abandoned a more radical demand for the sale of the Android operating system for smartphones, but does not rule out other restrictive steps in this area.

In particular, the possibility of a separation between Android and other Google products, such as the search engine and Google Play Mobile, is being considered.

In addition, the corporation could be required to provide sites with greater ability to limit the use of their content by Google’s artificial intelligence products.

The publication of the final draft of antitrust steps against Google is expected next Wednesday.