Brussels said only a breakup would fix Google’s ad tech. The judge who agreed on liability has just declined to order one.

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Judge Leonie Brinkema declined to order Google to divest parts of its advertising business, leaving the European Commission the only regulator still arguing that a breakup is the fix. A year after its €2.95bn fine, the Commission is still assessing a compliance plan Google filed in November 2025, and the complainants who brought the case […]This story continues at The Next Web