The hits keep on coming for Google

> Google created an illegal monopoly in the online advertising industry, a Federal judge ruled

According to the ruling, Big G pulled some anticompetitive shenanigans with ad servers and exchanges, and hurt publishers and users by doing so.

> The Department of Justice argued that through acquisitions and anticompetitive conduct, Google seized control of the full advertising technology stack: the tools advertisers and publishers buy and sell ads and the exchange that connects them.

An appeal is coming.

via MarTech