--- title: "Google found guilty of ad tech monopoly in antitrust case" url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-found-guilty-of-ad-tech-monopoly-in-antitrust-case-mhgisfc1k source_url: https://www.developer-tech.com/news/google-found-guilty-ad-tech-monopoly-antitrust-case/ type: article source: "Developer Tech" author: "Ryan Daws" published: 2025-04-17T16:21:09.893Z updated: 2025-04-18T13:00:06.368Z tags: ["tech-news", "google", "legal"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google found guilty of ad tech monopoly in antitrust case **[Developer Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/developertech)** · [@gadget_ry](https://daily.dev/gadget_ry) · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A US District Court has found Google liable for monopolizing key segments of the digital advertising technology market. The court concluded that Google unlawfully acquired and maintained monopoly power in the markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges and engaged in illegal tying practices. The case was brought by the US federal government and several states, citing violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Google plans to appeal parts of the decision. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#legal](https://daily.dev/tags/legal) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-found-guilty-of-ad-tech-monopoly-in-antitrust-case-mhgisfc1k)