In landmark ruling, court declines to break up Google’s advertising business - SiliconANGLE

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge on Wednesday (Sep 2) refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up…

The DOJ asked the judge to force a sale of at least one of its ad tech tools.

While the ad exchange is a small part of Google's business, the ruling is the second powerful symbolic victory against the U.S. Department of Justice in its efforts to force…

Decision marks third recent US defeat for regulators seeking to break up Big Tech