In a significant blow to Google’s advertising empire, a US federal judge has ruled that the California-based tech giant illegally monopolised parts of the online advertising technology market, undermining competition.
The ruling, delivered on Thursday by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema, found that Google had violated antitrust laws in two critical areas: advertising exchanges and publisher ad servers – the tools used by websites to sell advertising space. However, the court did not agree that Google held a monopoly in a third market: tools used by advertisers to purchase display ads.
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