The US Justice Department and eight states sued Google calling for the breakup of the search engine’s ad-technology business over alleged monopolization of digital ads. Google is the dominant player in the $278.6 billion US digital-ad market, controlling most of the technology used to buy, sell and serve online advertising. The lawsuit marks one of the few times the federal government has called for the breakup of a major company since it dismantled Bell telecom in the 1980s.

See: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-24/bloomberg-evening-briefing-us-sues-to-break-up-google-s-ad-unit

And

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sues-google-for-alleged-antitrust-violations-in-its-ad-tech-business-11674582792

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