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On August 14, the U.S. Department of Justice is considering a historic decision: breaking up the Google business empire after a federal judge ruled that the tech giant had an illegal monopoly in online search.

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Justice Department lawyers may ask Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell some of its businesses, Bloomberg reported.Among the assets that may be divested are the Android operating system, the Chrome browser and the advertising platform AdWords.The possibility of selling Android, the world's most widely used operating system, has sparked the most intense discussion among Justice Department lawyers, the sources said.

In addition to splitting,The Justice Department is also considering other, less restrictive options.The Justice Department could ask Mehta to bar Google from requiring companies to allow it to "scrape" content in exchange for appearing in search results.

Last week, Judge Mehta issued a landmark ruling that Google is a monopoly that ensures its search engine is the default on most smartphones by paying billions of dollars to partners such as Apple, Samsung and AT&T. The judge ruled that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and has a monopoly in the general search service and general text advertising markets.