Google Faces Major Breakup Threat as Courts Rule Its Monopoly Illegal: For the second time in a year, a federal judge has found search giant Google broke the law to maintain a monopoly online. This latest antitrust case said that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, held an illegal amount of influence over online ad technology.
That follows a separate judge’s ruling in August that the company has illegal dominance in online search.
Both judges could force major changes to Google’s business. Prosecutors argue Alphabet should sell its Google ad manager. The company will be back in court next week about the potential sale of its Chrome browser, among other changes.
Source: raialkhalij + aljazeera