Google and the Justice Department have returned to a federal courthouse in Virginia for a two-week trial to determine how to restore competition to the advertising technology market that Google monopolized. I’ll share updates to our trial coverage stream during breaks. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/IMG_7318.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]

The DOJ wants Google to sell part of its ad tech business.

On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the company’s advertising technology monopoly.