Google Judge Questions Company Testimony as Ad Defense Begins
- Search giant starts defense in antitrust ad tech lawsuit
- Justice Department alleges company monopolized several markets
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A senior Google executive sought to refute the US Justice Department’s antitrust case over its display advertising technology business, testifying that it faces “fierce competition” from the likes of Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.
But the federal judge overseeing the trial in Virginia called the testimony “highly questionable” and potentially “tainted” given that Google officials had known about antitrust concerns over the ad tools since the US opened its probe in 2019.