The U.S. Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell its Chrome internet browser to open a new tab, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will also ask the judge who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system, the report said.

Google controls how people view the Internet and what advertisements they see through their Chrome browser, which typically uses Google Search, collects information important to Google’s advertising business, and provides global It is estimated to account for about two-thirds of the browser market.

The DOJ declined to comment. In a statement from Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, Google said the DOJ is pursuing a “radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case” and will harm consumers.

The move would be one of the most aggressive efforts by the Biden administration to curb Big Tech monopolies. Ultimately, however, Donald Trump’s re-election to the presidency may have the greatest impact on the case.

Two months before the election, Trump claimed he would sue Google for bias against him. But a month later, Trump questioned whether breaking up the company was a good idea. The company plans to appeal after U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issues a final ruling, which it could do by August 2025. Mehta has scheduled a hearing on the remedy proposals for April.

Prosecutors had floated a series of possible remedies in the case, including ending exclusive agreements where Google pays billions of dollars annually to Apple, New Tab and other companies to remain the default search engine on tablets and smartphones. opens up, until disinvestment of parts of it. Its businesses, such as Chrome and the Android operating system. Because Chrome has such a high market share, it’s an important revenue driver for Google. At the same time, Google can serve more targeted search ads when users sign in to Chrome with a Google Account.

Google says its search engine has won users over with its quality, adding that it faces tough competition from Amazon, opening new tabs and other sites and users turning to other search engines as their Can be selected as default. Bloomberg reports that the government has the option to decide whether Chrome sales are necessary at a later date if some other aspects of the measure create a more competitive market.