Feds double down on bid to break up Google in tech monopoly suit

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday pressed its argument in favor of breaking up what it describes as Google’s monopoly on the digital advertising market.

The federal government for months has been locked in an antitrust battle against the technology giant. In its Eastern District of Virginia lawsuit, the Justice Department contends that Google has engaged in anticompetitive practices by cornering the market on ad sales and dictating the rules by which its customers purchase advertising space for websites.

With closing arguments in that case just weeks away, the government doubled down on its arguments in a lengthy filing wrapping up its interpretation of the trial.

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