Judge Brinkema Questions Google’s Trustworthiness in Antitrust Ad‑Tech Case

In a federal antitrust trial over Google’s dominance in digital advertising, Judge Leonie Brinkema has centered the dispute on whether the company can be trusted to follow court orders. The Justice Department seeks a divestiture of Google’s AdX exchange and changes to its DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) tool, arguing that the current setup harms publishers and advertisers. Google counters that the remedies are impractical and warns that the government overestimates the difficulty of restructuring its ad‑tech stack. The judge’s probing of trust may shape the final remedies and the future of Google’s ad‑tech business. Ler mais