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U.S. judge orders Google to revamp digital ad tech system, rejects forced breakup

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A U.S. federal judge ordered Google to retool its digital advertising stack after an illegal monopoly finding, but rejected the DOJ's sought breakup. The remedy uncertainty remains elevated with the detailed order sealed for 14 days, yet the absence of forced divestitures reduces near-term tail risk versus a structural split. Markets may frame this as a regulatory headwind to ad-tech margins and growth rather than an existential threat.
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A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to overhaul the system behind its digital advertising business, but rejected the government’s bid to force a breakup. The antitrust case began in 2023, and the court had previously found Google illegally monopolized the market. The ad exchange technology at issue processes 55 million requests per second and underpins a significant share of Alphabet’s nearly $400 billion in annual advertising revenue.