Brussels said only a breakup would fix Google’s ad tech. The judge who agreed on liability has just declined to order one.

The judge agreed Google broke the law and still let Google keep the company. That's not a loophole, that's the ruling.

Judge Leonie Brinkema declined to order Google to divest parts of its advertising business, leaving the European Commission the only regulator still arguing that a breakup is the fix. A year after its €2.95bn fine, the Commission is still assessing a compliance plan Google filed in November 2025, and the complainants who brought the case […] This story continues at The Next Web

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