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Google has come under fire for potential antitrust violations by US state attorneys who are now pushing for a breakup of the firm's ad technology business as part of an expected suit, CNBC reported on Friday, citing sources.

The tech giant's business practices have been under scrutiny for months and the Justice Department and nearly all state attorneys general have opened investigations into allegations that Google broke antitrust laws.

The federal probe focuses on search bias, advertising and management of Google's Android operating system. ...

Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple are under a series of probes into allegations that the tech behemoths use their clout to unfairly defend their market share.