Google Defends Against Antitrust Allegations, Citing Complex Advertising Market

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Google Defends Against Antitrust Allegations, Citing Complex Advertising Market
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Google started its defense against accusations of holding an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology. The company argues that the industry is more complex and competitive than the government portrays.

opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.

Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost. The government said in its complaint filed last year that at a minimum Google should be forced to sell off the portion of its business that caters to publishers, to break up its dominance.

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