US Seeks Forced Sale of Google Ad Technology Products (1)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google should be forced to sell off two of its businesses that help websites buy, sell and serve online advertising after a judge found the company illegally monopolized those markets, the Justice Department said.

The company should be ordered to immediately sell off its advertising exchange, AdX, followed by a “phased” divestiture of the service that helps websites sell display advertising, known as a publisher ad server, the agency said in a court filing late Monday.

A “comprehensive set of remedies — including divestiture of Google’s unlawfully obtained monopolies and the products that were the principal ...