A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Google holds illegal monopolies over the online publisher ad server and ad-exchange markets, violating the Sherman Act. This ruling highlights Google's anticompetitive practices that harm both rivals and publisher customers. The Justice Department is advocating for Google to divest its advertising products, particularly Google Ad Manager. Following a previous ruling on Google's search market monopoly, this case continues to raise questions about potential corporate breakups amidst ongoing legal challenges against Big Tech.
Google further entrenched its monopoly power by imposing anticompetitive practices on its customers and eliminating desirable product features.
In addition to depriving rivals of the ability to compete, this exclusionary conduct substantially harmed Google's publisher customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information on the open web.
Collection
[
|
...
]