A US federal judge has ruled against Google for the second time in a year, branding it an abusive monopolist. Judge Leonie Brinkema's ruling stated that Google illegally leveraged its advertising technology, building a dominant position in ad space sales and matching buyers and sellers. The judge highlighted Google's tactics over a decade, including tying its ad server and exchange together and imposing anticompetitive policies. This decision follows prior findings of Google's anticompetitive behavior in search services, and the company plans to appeal the ruling, asserting disagreement with the court's assessment.
"For over a decade, Google has tied its publisher ad server and ad exchange together through contractual policies and technological integration, which enabled the company to establish and protect its monopoly power in these two markets."
"Google further entrenched its monopoly power by imposing anticompetitive policies on its customers and eliminating desirable product features."
"We disagree with the Court's decision regarding our publisher tools," said Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google's vice president of regulatory affairs to the Associated Press.
"The ruling comes on the heels of a separate decision in August that concluded Google's namesake search engine has been illegally leveraging its dominance to stifle competition and innovation."
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