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A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's push to break up Google's ad tech business, choosing milder fixes instead. Google was still found guilty of illegally monopolizing publisher ad servers and ad exchanges, but will face behavioral restrictions rather than a forced sale of its advertising tools.
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