The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit calling for the breakup of Google. More than 80% of parent company alphabets revenue comes from Google Ads, more than $209 billion in 2021. If Google loses and is forced to break up its ad business, we may be getting online to a very different internet.
The Department of Justice wants Google to break up its advertising business. The Wall Street Journal’s Keach Hagey explains how the DOJ’s antitrust suit could reshape the internet.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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