Judge rules Google does not have to break up ad tech business

Illegal monopoly, ruled last year. No breakup, ruled today. Same company, still the only game in town.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Google does not have to break up its advertising technology business after finding last year that the search giant held an illegal monopoly over the industry. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to force Google to sell off its AdX exchange business, which…

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