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United States Department of Justice

The Justice Department helped obtain two federal court findings that Google unlawfully monopolized major digital markets, including the open-web ad-tech ruling announced on 17 April 2025.

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The U.S. federal department responsible for law enforcement, federal prosecutions and defending the government in court. Its powerful agencies and prosecutorial discretion make independence, civil-rights enforcement and political interference recurring accountability concerns.

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