The U.S. seeks to force the divestiture of Google's advertising technology products.
On May 6, Jin10 reported that documents from the U.S. Department of Justice indicate that Alphabet's Google should be forced to sell two of its businesses that help websites purchase, sell, and provide online advertising services. A U.S. judge found that Google illegally monopolized these markets. The Department of Justice stated in the documents that Google should be ordered to immediately sell its advertising trading platform AdX, and then "gradually" divest its service that helps websites sell display ads, namely the Google Ad Manager platform DFP. The Department of Justice documents indicated that remedial measures are necessary to terminate Google's monopoly position.
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