Judge orders that Google has an improper dominance on website promotion.

In a decision that could lead to the dissolution of Google’s advertising company, a federal courtroom has determined that it is an illegal monopolist in online advertising.

According to a jury ruling, Google monopolized online advertising.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema declared on Thursday that Google had unconstitutionally monopolized the marketing industry. Google’s position was that it possessed a dominance over a number of advertisements markets, which it used to its advantage.

Judge Brinkema found that Google’s dominance had an impact on the ad exchanges and the publishers ‘ markets. In consequence, Google had the ability to influence both how marketers purchased advertisements and how much publishers paid for that ad space.

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