25 April 2025 - Google broke law by dominating online ad tech market, rules US judge
Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company
Courtney C Radsch (The Guardian, 24/04/2025)
In less than a year, US courts have ruled that the world’s most powerful tech company broke the law – twice. In August, a federal judge in Washington ruled that Google illegally maintained its search monopoly by locking up defaults on browsers and devices. In April, a federal judge in Virginia found that Google illegally monopolized the digital advertising market, manipulating auctions, restricting and stifling competitors. These two rulings, the most significant antitrust wins against a tech giant in decades, should be a turning point in the digital economy.
Google is monopolist in online advertising tech, judge rules
Victor Ordonez and Taylor Dunn (ABC News, 17/04/2025)
A federal judge has ruled that Alphabet's Google Google illegally monopolized key segments of the online advertising technology market. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a ruling Thursday that Google broke the law to secure its dominance over the largely invisible system of technology that places advertisements on pages across the web.
Judge says Google broke antitrust laws in adtech market
Emma Job (TechEdt, 18/04/2025)
A US federal judge ruled that Google broke antitrust laws by using its power to control the advertising technology (adtech) market unfairly. This decision follows a two-year legal battle that began when the US government and eight states sued Google, claiming it had built a monopoly in the digital ads industry. Now that the court has concluded, a new schedule will be set for hearings to decide how Google should be punished. These hearings will look at possible remedies for the violations.
DOJ unveils plan to end Google’s illegal search monopoly
Danny Goodwin (Search Engine Land, 21/04/2025)
The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states unveiled their proposed remedies today aimed at dismantling Google’s illegal monopoly in search and search advertising. These include breaking off Chrome and banning default search payments. The remedies. They break down into five categories meant to enable and increase competition.
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