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Google Ad Tech Antitrust Ruling Ends Rigged Auctions but Lets Google Keep Both Sides
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Fusion42 · 3 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
A US judge ordered Google to stop certain auction practices that enforced its monopoly in online advertising but allowed it to retain control of the dominant ad server and exchange platforms. The ruling prohibits Google from giving its exchange first access to impressions, seeing rivals' bids before bidding, and forcing uniform pricing floors on publishers.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Advertising Tech, and 11 sources have reported it between 2 Sep 2026 and 3 Sep 2026.
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You handle online advertising tech if you build services rivaling Google's ad exchange or publisher tools; Google's monopoly practices have been partly outlawed but it keeps controlling both sides of the market. Your chance to win publisher or advertiser customers grows this week as auction fairness rules reset bidding behaviour.
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11 sources · first reported 2 Sep 2026 · latest 3 Sep 2026
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