07:40 AM EDT, 09/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the European Commission's response to a request for comment in the fourth paragraph.)

The European Commission is weighing whether to acquire Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) to end its anti-competitive practices in its ad tech business but is unlikely to order a breakup as previously cautioned, Reuters reported Friday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.

The regulators are set to take a call in the coming months after antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager last year threatened to break up Google's ( GOOG ) ad tech unit. Though the decision might not be finalized before her term ends in November, the report added.

Authorities are unlikely to issue a breakup order because of the complexity involved, although a breakup order could come at a later point should Google ( GOOG ) persist in engaging in anti-competitive activities, the people were quoted as saying.

The European Commission declined to comment, while Google ( GOOG ) didn't immediately reply to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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