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

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Trending on The Hill - September 2, 2026

Trending on The Hill - September 2, 2026

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 connects publishers selling ad space online to advertisers.

She also declined to require the company to open-source the technology behind DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP), its publisher-side platform, or potentially........

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