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Google ad tech remedies ruling unsealed: what the judge ordered
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Fusion42 · 17 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
A U.S. federal judge ordered Google to make its ad technology interoperable with rivals and share auction data with publishers worldwide for six years to restore competition without breaking up the company.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Advertising, and 25 sources have reported it between 2 Sep 2026 and 1 Oct 2026.
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Your Google ad tech platform must now open to competitors, creating new openings to build alternative auction and ad server tools that publishers can choose. This ruling shakes the market control and hands access to real-time bid data, letting rivals compete on equal footing.
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25 sources · first reported 2 Sep 2026 · latest 1 Oct 2026
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