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Google’s Digital Ad Empire Deemed Illegal Monopoly: Joins Search Engine in penalty box

Google’s Digital Ad Empire Deemed Illegal Monopoly: Joins Search Engine in penalty box

Introduction

Google was found by a federal judge to have illegally monopolised some online advertising technology markets in a blow to a key part of the company’s business. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema found on Thursday (April 17) that the Alphabet Inc. unit violated antitrust law in the markets for advertising exchanges and tools used by websites to sell ad space, known as ad servers. But she said the company didn’t meet the definition of a monopoly for a third market of tools used by advertisers to buy display ads. GetMyIndia.com

“Google has willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive