Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company

Google is emblematic of the platform economy in which we now live, says Julian Zelizer .

The US justice department is urging a judge to break up the company, he says.

Zelizer: If we allow Google to keep its hydra-headed corporation intact, the same dynamics will replicate themselves under the guise of AI innovation.

Now, governments must show that the law still has teeth. That means structural remedies, not settlements. Transformation, not tinkering. If we fail to act now, we may not get another chance. - Dr Courtney C Radsch is director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute .