12:46 PM EDT, 05/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US Department of Justice asked a federal judge in Virginia to force Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) to sell off key parts of its advertising technology and share data with competitors to address a ruling that the tech giant illegally monopolizes the market for placing ads around the internet.

Alphabet did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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