How your online world could change if big tech companies like Google are forced to break up
- Written by Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
The US Department of Justice may be on the verge of seeking a break-up of Google in a bid to make it less dominant. If the government goes ahead and is successful in the courts, it could mean the company being split into separate entities – a search engine, an advertising company, a video website, a mapping app...