Thursday, 17 September, 2026
Antitrust Oversight: Court Imposes Rules on Google Ad Tech, Skips Breakup
By TechShots Studio

A U.S. federal judge ruled that Google must relax its restrictive ad tech policies, allow competitor access, and appoint an antitrust compliance monitor to oversee its practices. The ruling penalizes anticompetitive conduct in online auctions while rejecting the Justice Department's bid to forcibly break up Google's lucrative ad business.
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