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Judge: Google Illegally Engaged In Anticompetitive Monopolistic Ad Tech Practices (www.seroundtable.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A US judge ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some ad tech. This is the second time a judge ruled Google willfully engaged in monopolistic practices. The remedies for these rulings are still being worked out but may strengthen the case to have Google's business broken up.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or a fine that is about 1 week of the profits they get from continuing whatever they were fined for

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A week? You're crazy.
It'll be a day or two of profit, max.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

$100,000 tops.