US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale

FILE - Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. FILE - This July 19, 2016, photo shows the Google logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.