In an important blow to Google's advertising empire, an American federal judge ruled that the Tech giant-giant-giant parts of the online advertising technology market, established in California, undermines competition.
The ruling, delivered on Thursday by the American district judge Leonie Brinkema, found that Google had broken antitrust laws in two critical areas: advertising fairs and publisher adervers – the tools used by websites to sell advertising space. However, the court did not agree that Google had a monopoly in a third market: tools used by advertisers to buy display advertisements.
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